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A CSIRO report has warned climate change will threaten the region's economy and security unless governments and aid agencies start preparing for its impacts.
The two-part CSIRO report was commissioned by a new coalition of aid, church and development groups.
It warns that a two degrees Celsius increase in temperature by 2030 will have a devastating impact in northern Pakistan, India and western China.
Senior South and North Korean military officers have met for the first time since relations soured in July, when Pyongyang defied international warnings to test-fire a series of missiles.
A CSIRO report has warned climate change will threaten the region's economy and security unless governments and aid agencies start preparing for its impacts.
Japan and China have hailed the first leadership summit in five years as a turning point in their relationship.
North Korea warned of catastrophic consequences if South Korea's military engaged in "unforgivable military provocation" like the weekend skirmish at a heavily fortified border between the two Koreas.
Japan's new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has arrived in Beijing at the start of the first visit by a Japanese leader to China for five years.
South Korean troops fired warning shots after five North Korean soldiers briefly crossed into the southern side of the demilitarised zone (DMZ) dividing the two, South Korea's joint chiefs of staff said.
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon is the only candidate left in the race to be UN secretary-general Kofi Annan's successor, as all the other contenders have withdrawn.
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a call for North Korea to cancel plans to test a nuclear bomb, which Japan says could be exploded this weekend.
Japan says it expects the United Nations Security Council to finalise a statement soon responding to a threatened nuclear test by North Korea.
The United States has played down an earlier warning to North Korea over its plans for a nuclear test, saying it is not threatening "lethal" action.
The United States says it will not live with a nuclear-armed North Korea, after the reclusive state announced it was planning a nuclear test.
The UN Security Council has failed to agree a response to North Korea's threat to conduct a nuclear bomb test, which has sparked global concern.
South Korea has warned North Korea it will pay a heavy price if it carries out its threatened nuclear test, saying the hermit state is set to press ahead unless talks resume.
South Korea's Unification Minister says North Korea is highly likely to go ahead with its threatened nuclear test unless six-party disarmament talks can be restarted.
Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says Australia will have to think through whether it wants to continue diplomatic relations with North Korea if the country goes ahead with a nuclear test.
The North Korean ambassador has been called to a meeting at the Foreign Affairs Department about the country's nuclear testing plans.
An official from the North Korean embassy in Canberra has defended the country's decision to test nuclear weapons.
The United Nations Security Council has called an emergency meeting to discuss how to respond to North Korea's announcement that it will conduct a nuclear test.
Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says North Korea's statement that it will conduct a nuclear test is highly provocative.
Japan has strongly condemned North Korea for pledging to carry out a nuclear test, saying it would "never forgive" the action if carried out.
North Korea says it would be compelled to carry out a nuclear weapons test in future due to threats and sanctions from the United States.
China's Commerce Minister Bo Xilai says he expects that a free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia can be achieved within a two-year deadline.
South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon says he bears "a heavy sense of responsibility" after an informal ballot that virtually assured he would become the next United Nations secretary-general.
Trade Minister Warren Truss will use a meeting with his Chinese counterpart today to push for progress in free trade negotiations between the two countries.
Prominent Chinese civil rights lawyer Guo Feixiong has been formally arrested on suspicions of running an illegal business, his wife says.
Taiwanese prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to pursue allegations that the wife of the island's president has improperly accepted gifts.
China's state media agency says a bus driver on a suicide mission has deliberately driven his over-crowded vehicle through a guard rail, killing 29 people and injuring another 21.
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