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A local issue that has that has touched a raw nerve of our nation is the unresolved tanim-bala controversy.

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From a hillside, Kamal Saadat looked forlornly at hundreds of potential customers, knowing he could not take them for trips in his boat to enjoy a spring weekend on picturesque Oroumieh Lake, the third largest saltwater lake on earth.

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters and is calling on Central Asian leaders to step up cooperation in solving the environmental problems.

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Water, water all around but not a drop to drink. When it rains, it’s wet. It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring, dreaming about the forthcoming water wars. We’ve heard the slogans and puns and the sayings before, but this is the first time we’ve come across the Inter Press Service’s chapbook of articles, Stories from the Asia Water Wire, subtitled “What Water Means to the World’s Most Populous Continent” (IPS Asia-Pacific 2007). [DatePublished] => 2007-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136244 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431668 [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238163 [Title] => Desert of diversion [Summary] => You have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen. – Revelation 2:4-5

Muynak was once a thriving fishing port on the Aral Sea. But today Muynak sits on the edge of a bitter, salty desert. Sand dunes are strewn with the rusted, hollow hulls of a fishing fleet that once sailed high above on the surface of Central Asia’s fountain of life.
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A local issue that has that has touched a raw nerve of our nation is the unresolved tanim-bala controversy.

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From a hillside, Kamal Saadat looked forlornly at hundreds of potential customers, knowing he could not take them for trips in his boat to enjoy a spring weekend on picturesque Oroumieh Lake, the third largest saltwater lake on earth.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-25 18:13:21 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563409 [Title] => UN's Ban calls Aral Sea "shocking disaster" [Summary] =>

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters and is calling on Central Asian leaders to step up cooperation in solving the environmental problems.

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Water, water all around but not a drop to drink. When it rains, it’s wet. It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring, dreaming about the forthcoming water wars. We’ve heard the slogans and puns and the sayings before, but this is the first time we’ve come across the Inter Press Service’s chapbook of articles, Stories from the Asia Water Wire, subtitled “What Water Means to the World’s Most Populous Continent” (IPS Asia-Pacific 2007). [DatePublished] => 2007-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136244 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431668 [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238163 [Title] => Desert of diversion [Summary] => You have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen. – Revelation 2:4-5

Muynak was once a thriving fishing port on the Aral Sea. But today Muynak sits on the edge of a bitter, salty desert. Sand dunes are strewn with the rusted, hollow hulls of a fishing fleet that once sailed high above on the surface of Central Asia’s fountain of life.
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