Newsline 9 October, 2009: Praise and criticism for Barack Obama as he wins the Nobel peace prize, Aung San Suu Ki meets western diplomats and we put one foot in the grave for a project aiming to teach people about life and death

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Mixed reactions to Obama's peace prize win
Barack Obama wins the Nobel peace prize, but not everybody is happy with the surprise award. We hear from people who are pleased as well as critics, including Jan Oberg from the Swedish Institute for Peace Studies.

Aung San Suu Ki meets western diplomats
The Myanmar opposition leader is granted a rare audience with the heads of the UK, US and Australian embassies in Yangon - but will she convince the west to lift sanctions on her country? Listen to an interview with Debbie Stoddard, from the Alternative Asean Network on Burma.

One foot in the grave
Ever wondered what it is like to be buried alive? Well, now you can find out. Our reporter Paddy Maguire visits a project at the University of Nijmegen that encourages people to lie in an open grave. Listen to his decidedly unmorbid report