The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The local press is dominated by the grim discovery yesterday of the body of Maxim Vorobyev, which is reported in the front pages of all the newspapers. The Times says the missing Russian boy had met a tragic end.
In other stories, The Times says MEPs are to account for the funds they receive.
The Malta Independent leads with comments by the Prime Minister on how firms in Malta are affected by decisions taken abroad.
In-Nazzjon also leads with the Prime Minister’s speech, saying the PN is the party which creates jobs.
l-orizzont says the PL intends to take a tough stand in Parliament on the water and electricity tariffs.
The Press in Britain
The Guardian leads on the shooting at a military barracks in Northern Ireland, describing Sinn Fein's condemnation as an "historic moment".
The Daily Telegraph says political leaders vowed that the "execution-style murder" of two British soldiers would not be allowed to affect the peace process.
According to The Daily Mail, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams made "only a cold and calculated political statement" after the shootings at Massereene Barracks in Antrim.
The Times says armed security guards employed to protect the military base "stood by" while gunmen shot at soldiers and two pizza delivery men.
The Sun praises the troops who gave their lives shielding the civilians from a "cowardly" Real IRA gang.
Ulster Times reports that the two British soldiers shot dead outside a military barracks in Northern Ireland were wearing desert fatigues and just minutes away from leaving for Afghanistan.
The Independent reports a multi-million-pound drive to tackle white collar unemployment is to be launched as the number of professionals out of work rises.
The Daily Express says scientists searching for a cure for cancer have made "an exciting breakthrough" by discovering a way to stop cancer cells spreading.
The Daily Mirror reports a deranged woman armed with a hammer confronted Jade Goody in her hospital bed.
The Daily Star says Jade Goody was recovering from her and her sons' christening when the intruder entered her room,.
And elsewhere…
US President Barack Obama has said the US is not winning in Afghanistan and hinted at possible talks with moderate elements of the Taliban.
Meanwhile, The Washington Times says US Vice President Joe Biden, who recently visited Southwest Asia, heads to Brussels later today for consultations with top NATO allies on a new US strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Iran's state-run English-language television station said Tehran has “successfully” tested a new air-to-sea missile with a range of 110 kilometres. Western powers suspect Tehran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
Az-Zaman reports a suicide bomber has killed at least 32 people and wounded another 60 when he detonated explosives near a side entrance of the main police academy in Baghdad.
Le Quotidiensays representatives of Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria have gathered in Luxembourg to prepare their defence against a growing international onslaught on tax havens.
L’Osservatore Romano leads with Pope Benedict’s plans to visit the Middle East. He told thousands of people gathered in St Peter's Square that he will visit the Holy Land in May and wanted the trip to be a catalyst for peace and unity in the region.
Al-Rayaam says President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan has flown into Darfur to rally supporters in defiance of growing international criticism of his closure of 16 aid operations.
USA Today reports that a pastor gunned down at a church in a St Louis suburb used a Bible to deflect the first of four shots fired during his Sunday sermon.
Oslo News says a 450-year-old painting by Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder has been stolen from a Lutheran church in the southern town of Larvik.
Bild announces that the trial of Helg Sgarbi, a gigolo charged with blackmailing a string of super-rich women out of millions of euros, opens in Munich today.
The Times of India reveals that bachelors in a remote Indian village are building a new road which they hope will bring them brides. Barwaan Kala, in the west of Bihar, is located high in the Kaimur hills and is known locally as the "village of unmarried people". Some 121 villagers aged between 16 and 80 remain bachelors, they say, because of the remoteness of the village.