New dam hope for shrinking sea
A new dam project is being hailed as the last hope of survival for the rapidly shrinking Aral Sea in Central Asia.
The 13km dam will separate the smaller northern part of the sea from the larger Southern Aral Sea. Jim Fish reports.
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