But a scattering of small towns and villages remain. Some have as few as 10 people. And there, they say, there's still a bit of life beyond the sea. New cafes, clothing stores and bodegas boasting ...

MOYNAK, Uzbekistan (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Central Asian states to work together to tackle the disastrous effects of the shrinking Aral Sea Sunday after local people ...

Once among the world’s largest lakes, the Aral Sea has almost vanished due to massive Soviet irrigation schemes; this ...

The Aral Sea straddles the border of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It was once one of the world's largest lakes, but after years of being drained to irrigate crops, it ...

* Ban seeks regional solution to environmental disaster * Says U.N. will help By Patrick Worsnip MOYNAK, Uzbekistan, April 4 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Central Asian ...

Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet era irrigation plans. One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea.