On Newsline (2 October): Time is running out for rescue workers in Sumatra, Ireland votes on the EU's Lisbon Treaty and will Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende become the EU's first President?

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Rescue workers in Padang
Time is running out for rescue teams struggling to find survivors in Sumatra after Wednesday's devastating earthquake. Our correspondent Michel Maas reports from the city of Padang.

Read the latest news from Sumatra here

Listen to Michel Maas's report

Ireland: yes or no to 'Lisbon'?  

Ireland is voting today in a second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty. It's a poll that could decide the future of long-delayed changes to the Union. Will last year's 'No' be a 'Yes' this time?

Listen to an interview with Rosita Agnew of Women For Europe and with our Brussels correspondent Vanessa Mock.

Balkenende for President?

Once the Lisbon Treaty is accepted by all EU member states, it will give way to a more permanent figurehead than the current system of a six-month rotating presidency. But who will be EU's first President? Some say it could be Jan Peter Balkenende, currently Prime Minister in The Netherlands.

Listen to our correspondent John Tyler's report here.