Hello, and welcome to this edition of Reports from Developing Countries on China Radio International. I am Xiaoyi in Beijing.

In this edition:

New Zealand pledges to provide more food aid for North Korea;

Cambodia and Thailand have ended a meeting on border disputes without a resolution;

And Iran's foreign minister calls for a change in world order.

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Now, a quick look at some other stories.

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The government of New Zealand said it will contribute an additional 500,000 NZ dollars, or 370,000 US dollars, to the United Nations efforts to address food shortages in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement that "North Korea is facing the most severe food shortages since the famine years of the 1990's. It is important New Zealand does what it can to assist."

He believes that the contribution is a practical way for New Zealand to ensure that the most vulnerable people in the global community have access to food.

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The foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand have closed their one-day meeting without a resolution over the nearly two-week bilateral military standoff in the border area near the Preah Vihear Temple.

The Cambodian side said the meeting was a new step toward resolving the issue.

The two countries are scheduled to commence a new meeting at a later date, but the time has not yet been determined.

Talks between Thailand's Chief of the armed forces, General Boonsrang Niumpradit, and Cambodia's Defense Minister Tea Banh ended a week ago without resolution. An ASEAN intervention the next day also failed.

At least 1,000 soldiers have been deployed since mid July to defend both sides' claims to the 4 kilometer plus patch of land at the border area.

The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the temple belongs to Cambodia, but the surrounding land remains in dispute.　

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Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that the current world order is no longer valid and should undergo dramatic change.

Mottaki made the remark at the 15th Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, opened earlier this week in Tehran. Mottaki said that solving world challenges requires a "global partnership," and he believed the groundwork has been laid for a dramatic change.

The Irannian foreign minister further called to "refrain from unilateralism in order to help settle global crises."

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