1.   Effluent from industrial activities in countries bordering the sea is also causing various pollution hazards.

2.   Germany is just one of seven nations that border the sea, by the way.

3.   A summit last month among Iran and the four former Soviet republics that border the sea failed to produce any results.

4.   Both Russia and Iran border the sea, and Washington has lobbied hard for a new pipeline from the Caspian to avoid them.

5.   The Black Sea Economic Cooperation forum includes the six countries that border the sea, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Armenia and Greece.

6.   The council groups together Russia and the Western countries that border the sea at the frigid top of Europe, along with Iceland and Denmark.

7.   The countries that border the sea are to meet in Turkmenistan later this month to discuss the issue.

8.   Turkey, Ukraine and Russia also border sea.

9.   A meeting of the countries bordering the sea, which had been planned for Tuesday and Wednesday in Moscow, was postponed at the request of Turkmenistan and Iran.