On Newsline 29 September 2009: The Phillipines braces for further storms; aboriginals take possession of remains held in the Netherlands; Amnesty push Shell to clean up their act in the Niger Delta.
Tropical storms continue to lash south east Asia
As deadly tropical storm Ketsana moves onto Vietnam and Laos, the Phillipines is still reeling from the weekend's storms which claimed the lives of more than 240 people. Newsline gets the latest from Oxfam as it assesses the damage and puts relief plans into action.
Listen to Oxfam's Arif Shabbar
Aboriginal remains returned to elders
After 200 years in the archives of the University of Leiden, remains of Australian aboriginals have been returned to elders who will repatriate them to Australia. It's a move that may go some way to restoring peace to the Bundjalung tribe.
Listen to aboriginal elder Gwen Hickling
Rights group pushes oil giant for change
Shell Oil has come in for criticism today from human rights group Amnesty over its poor record in the Niger Delta. Amnesty International has launched 'operation clean up' in the Netherlands to push the company to take more responsibilty for its actions in Nigeria.
Newsline's Marijke Peters reports
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