DEAD SEA, ISRAEL: (FILE PHOTO) An aerial view of the mineral-rich Dead Sea March 26, 2003 in southern Israel. The inland sea which separates Israel and Jordan is retreating by about a meter a year as the two countries divert almost 90% of the Jordan River waters that for thousands of years fed the mineral-rich sea. They are now seeking international support for a plan to pipe water north from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead Sea to rescue the shrinking sea. (Photo by Moshe Milner-GPO/Getty Images)