The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says the police are investigating new allegations of corruption in Maltese football. The newspaper also carries a picture of Jade Goody, the British star who died early yesterday.
The Malta Independent says celebrations to mark the 443rd anniversary of Valletta kick off today. It also reports the Prime Minister saying the PL is not sure of its legal position on the reimbursement of VAT on registration tax. In another story, Labour leader Joseph Muscat says the PN is not showing political maturity.
l-orizzont says the Labour Party is considering holding an inquiry on illegal immigration after the government refused a proposal to set up a parliamentary committee on immigration.
In-Nazzjon highlights the 'victories' achieved in the EU where Malta was granted €25m for energy projects and VAT on medicines and food was waived. It also reports that Dr Gonzi today marks five years as Prime Minister.
The Press in Britain
Most of the papers feature Big Brother Jade Goody, after the reality TV star lost her battle with cervical cancer in the early hours of yesterday, aged just 27. It was in August last year, while in India, when she was told by doctors she had cervical cancer and she immediately flew home to Britain for treatment.
The Daily Express pictures tributes and flowers that have been left for Jade Goody.
'Mummy's In Heaven' screams the Daily Mirror’s heading.
The Guardian says she’s now “at peace – and finally out of the limelight”.
The Daily Mail opines Jade left a legacy that might just save lives
The Daily Star also dedicates its front page to Jade Goody.
The Daily Telegraph quotes the shadow business secretary saying Tory plans to cut the tax were only an inspiration. However, a Tory spokesman later said the Conservatives will keep their promise to cut the tax, and the policy will feature in the party's manifesto for the upcoming general election.
The Independent reports British scientists are to become the first to create "synthetic" human blood.
The Times says new video footage showing five Britons, held hostage in Iraq since May 2007, has raised hopes. Their kidnappers have demanded the release of the founder of a militia group who is in US custody.
And elsewhere…
Chumhuriyet reports that the 25,000 participants of the World Water Forum in Istanbul have ended their seven-day meeting with a pledge to strive for clean water and sanitation.
Al-Ayyam says Israeli authorities broke up a series of Palestinian cultural events as part of a crackdown in Jerusalem. The celebrations marked the Arab League’s designation of Jerusalem as the capital of Arab culture for 2009. But Israel said the events breached a ban on Palestinian political activity in the city.
Meanwhile, Jerusalem Post report that elsewhere in Jerusalem, hundreds of Israelis gathered outside the residence of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to mark the 1,000th day in captivity of Sergeant Gilad Schalit, an Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
Angola Observer leads with Pope Benedict’s Mass for some one million Angolans on the outskirts of the capital Luanda, during which he denounced the ''clouds of evil'' over Africa that have spawned war, tribalism and ethnic rivalry. He also expressed sorrow at the death of two people during a stampede on Saturday as crowds tried to enter a stadium in Luanda to hear his address.
Le Parisien reports that French police have arrested 11 people after a clash between youths and leftist activists giving away condoms in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The skirmish broke out after Communist Party activists staged a protest on the square in front of the cathedral against recent comments by Pope Benedict XVI over condom use.
Macedonia Post says initial partial results from the country's presidential ballot show the governing party's candidate, Gjorgje Ivanov, is leading the race.
The People’s Daily reports that nearly 100 Tibetan monks were arrested or turned themselves in after hundreds of protesters attacked a police station in north-western China.
According to Pakistan Times, sacked Pakistani Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has been reinstated to his post following months of pressure from the opposition.
Gulf News says 35 hard-line Saudi clerics have urged the kingdom's new information minister to ban women from appearing on TV or in newspapers and magazines. They also called on him to prohibit the playing of music and music shows on television.
California Globe reports that Nadya Suleman, the women who gave birth to octuplets, has apologised in a RadarOnline.com video to the father of all 14 of her children and promised that she would never reveal his identity.
In an interview with Vienna’s daily Kurier, an Austrian woman claims she had a son from a secret relationship during the war with US-would-be President John Kennedy, assassinated in Dallas in 1963. She said Kennedy paid for the boy’s studies at the military academy.
USA Today says an American computer scientist is set to release a simple formula to crack any example of the famous Sudoko puzzle. James Crook will publish his solution later today – a complicated algorithm boiled down to five easy steps. But the puzzling community is furious and accuses him of ruining the fun.