Mideast Conflict Slows Dead Sea Rescue

By JAMAL HALABY, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Environment

The shoreline of the Dead Sea near the town of Ghor Haditha in Jordan is seen, Feb. 8, 2007 showing the shrinking water level of the sea - the lowest point on earth. The surface level of the saltiest water in the world has been receding by 1 meter (3.3 feet) every year for the past 25 years, and Jordan and Israel have been warning that if the trend continues, the Dead Sea and its ecosystem will be gone by 2050. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)

(AP) -- Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians are slowly pushing through the tangle of their disputes and suspicions in a race to save a biblical and ecological treasure, the Dead Sea.

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