The following are the main stories in the local and overseas press:
The Times quotes GWU General Secretary Tony Zarb saying there is no agreement so far on the utility tariffs. It also reports how a ship yesterday dragged anchor in rough seas and drifted onto a tuna pen off Marsascala.
The Malta Independent leads with the MLP extraordinary general conference which last night approved a change of the party’s formal name to Partit Laburista. It also reports that the Church in Malta earned more from collections last year, but its media lost money.
In-Nazzjon says a court has confirmed a libel case instituted by George Abela against a GWU newspaper.
l-orizzont also says there is no agreement yet on the tariffs. It also reports the successful outcome of a bone marrow transplant for a young Maltese, Jamie, who is suffering a rare condition - Fanconi Anaemia.
The Press in Britain…
Once again, the front pages are dominated by events in Mumbai, where security forces continued to fight gunmen after a wave of terrorist attacks hit the Indian city three days ago.
The Daily Telegraph reports that British security forces are investigating whether any of the terrorists involved in the massacre had links to the UK.
However, The Sun quotes Indian government sources saying two of the gunmen involved were British.
The Daily Express says as many as seven of the attackers may have had "strong British links".
Likewise, The Daily Mirror says that seven of the Mumbai terrorists were British, including two British-born Pakistanis who are being held by authorities.
Daily Star is more specific and reports on a possible link between the Mumbai death squad killers and Yorkshire.
The Independent carries a photograph of an Indian soldier taking aim at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel and also looks at the possibility of a UK connection to the terrorists.
The Guardian's lead story contains the harrowing first-person accounts of people caught up in the massacre in India's commercial capital.
For the second day in a row, the Daily Mail leads with what it calls the "heavy handed" arrest of Tory immigration spokesman Damian Green, following alleged leaks to the media.
The Times reports the civil servant at the heart of the Whitehall leak probe involving Mr Green was in hiding.
The Financial Times says there’s wild speculation in London about who had ordered the arrest of Mr Green under terror laws.
And elsewhere…
The International Herald Tribune quotes EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes saying pharmaceutical companies were holding up cheaper medicines for European consumers and stifling innovation.
Panapress reports Somali pirates have hijacked a chemical tanker sailing under a Liberian flag. Pirates are currently holding 15 ships, with nearly 300 crew.
Iranian newspapers report a Teheran court has ruled that a man who blinded a woman with acid in 2004 after she spurned his marriage proposals will also be blinded with acid. The court also ordered the 27-year-old attacker to pay compensation to the victim, who also claimed the man had also threatened to kill her.
Sydney Morning Herald reports that an American scuba diver has been charged with murdering his wife after she drowned during their honeymoon at Australia's Great Barrier Reef in 2003
The New York Times says a Wal-mart supermarket worker was trampled to death in a rush of shoppers at the start of the traditional Christmas sales season. The 34-year-old was swept away as long queues poured into the shop after doors opened at 5am.
According to a group of pediatric intensive care doctors writing in The British Medical Journal, a whooping cough booster vaccination for parents of new babies could save deaths from the disease in young children. Vaccination is effective but children and babies they can catch it from affected household members before that time.
Dominion Post says a New Zealand doctor has been convicted of drink-driving, despite blaming an alcohol handwash he used at work. The orthopaedic surgeon has been fined $275 and had his licence suspended for six months by a Wellington court.
Liberation reports a Sikh who objected to be photographed bareheaded for his French drivers' licence has lost his case in the European Court of Human Rights.
El Pais says a Peruvian immigrant who found £13,046 while cleaning a plane in Madrid and turned it in to the police has been told she can keep the money.