indian prime minister manmohan singh met pakistani prime minister yousuf raza gilani in the maldives thursday. they exchanged views on the territorial issue of kashmir as well as how to expand trade. nhk world's fumio sugaya reports. >> reporter: in a joint news conference both sides expressed strong willingness to improve bilateral ties. >> we have wasted a lot of time in the past in acry moanious debates. the time has come to write a new chapter in this relationship. >> i think that the next round of the talks would be more constructive, more positive, and it will open a new chapter in the history of border countries. >> reporter: the issue of control of kashmir has clouded relations between india and pakistan for decades. the two sides resumed stalled dialogue in july. they agreed to simplify visa procedures. this month the pakistani cabinet decided to provide india with most favored nation status. india has been a target for islamic terrorists, it says, who are based out of pakistan. it apparently hopes dialogue and economic cooperation will reduce that threat. it also expects th

fumio, sugaya, the maldives. >>> here in thailand, the flood crisis has been going on for weeks. and in some areas, months. the waters have created health problems, too. the government has responded by dispatching mobile medical services to help people in need. nhk world's nopparat reports. >> reporter: i'm standing on an elevated expressway some 30 meters above the ground and here is the location of one of the mobile medical centers for flood victims. some 25 kilometers north of central bangkok, a special center has been set up above a heavily-flooded area. around 200 people seek treatment here every day. mobile medical units have helped at least 16,000 people from flooded districts of bangkok since the end of october. >> translator: i have high blood pressure. it's good to have the mobile medical service here. they really ease our problems. >> reporter: the medical team also makes its way by boat to treat people stranded by the floods. living conditions have been made even worse by the deteriorating sanitation. waste and garbage float around uncollected. doctors say it's a heal

but places like the maldives, which will just completely disappear... and those people have to go somewhere. and they're generally going to go to western countries. so there's going to be a huge change in patterns of how people move. but to be honest, you don't have to go that far. you know, miami is right in the path of this. a lot of coastal florida, a lot of boston, a lot of the eastern seaboard, is really going to see the impact of rising sea levels. and those people are going to have to moveack from there. and as people move back, then there's impact further and further away. so for me, you know, i look at climate change as being... you know, it's a unique problem. we're the only... you know, it's the only environmental problem where every single person is contributing to it. and because every single person is contributing to it-- you, me, and everyone else-- you can't just point to the bad guy. you can't say, "it's the loggers over there," or, "it's these people over there." we're all doing it. and so the only way to get a handle on it is for us all to then take collective action. it'