In Kazakhstan, Returning Aral Sea Brings Fish And Hope
The shrinking of the Aral Sea -- a man-made environmental disaster that started in the 1960s -- devastated fishing communities that were left far from the retreating shore. But a dam completed in 2005 has allowed water to refill part of the sea in Kazakhstan. One fisherman told RFE/RL's Kazakh Service how his village has come back to life.