Uzbekistan attracts attention of UN to 20th anniversary of Ar...

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Aral Sea, which has been shrinking for almost half a century causing an environmental disaster in Central Asia, has finally stopped drying up, a Russian scientist said on Tuesday. The sea is currently close to a ...

For decades, Landsat satellites have documented the desiccation of the Aral Sea in Central Asia. Once one of the largest seas in the world, it shrunk to a tenth of its original volume after Russia diverted its feeder rivers in the 1960s. Scientists ...

Story driven platformer Residue is now available on Desura. The game focuses on the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. Three characters, each with unique abilities, are survivors of a failed project to return the once vibrant Aral Sea to life. The sea used to ...

By Melissa Luz Lopez, Caloocan City-A sea of yellow bathed the Caloocan High School Auditorium. No, it was not a campaign rally for administration candidates. Rather, it was the signing of a manifesto of support for a 10-point agenda asserting the ...

The Cyrus Cylinder-a 2,600-year-old inscribed clay document from Babylon in ancient Iraq and one of the most famous surviving icons from the ancient world-is the centerpiece of the traveling exhibition The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting ...

11:00 pm By Danny O. Calleja IRIGA CITY, June 19 (PNA) ?- From the mountains, Arnel de la Cruz, 35, his wife Letty, 38, and their six young children have moved closer to a lowland village here and joined the mainstream of the community outside ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations Diler Khakimov was appointed a deputy chairman of the 68th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations which is scheduled to open in September, the UN ...

The expansion of Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts continuesat the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Europe with a new deluxe hotel inBaku, Azerbaijan. Scheduled to open in 2015, Swissôtel Baku is currently underconstruction and will open in time for the ...