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Byline: JAMAL HALABY

GHOR HADITHA, Jordan -- By JAMAL HALABY

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GHOR HADITHA, Jordan - 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.

The famously salty sea, which lies at Earth's lowest point, is shrinking. It has receded by some 3 feet a year for the past 25 years, and Jordan and Israel warn ...

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