The following are the top items in the Maltese and overseas press today:
The Times says the Malta Shipyards bidders have been asked to improve their offers.
The Malta Independent says a recently found document sheds more light on Christianity during the Arab rule. The Christian community at the time even had a bishop.
MaltaToday says Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando has attacked MEP Simon Busuttil for refusing to be ON general secretary.
In-Nazzjon reports that 1,044 voted on Saturday when early voting for the EP elections opened. It also quotes the Prime Minister saying Europe is in the heart of Malta's villages, with thousands participating in EU educational programmes.
l-orizzont leads with a large picture of the activity in the Greek Theatre in Ta' Qali by the PL yesterday. Labour leader Joseph Muscat said these were elections which affected everyone.
The Press in Britain
The Daily Telegraph continues to reveal details of MPs' expenses, saying Chancellor Alistair Darling claimed for a flat he let to tenants while also claiming living allowances for his home in Downing Street.
The Guardian leads on Gordon Brown's efforts to steady the Labour Party as the expenses scandal continues.
The Daily Mail says the Prime Minister is facing a plot from backbenchers as rank-and-file Labour MPs begin to fear for their futures after the next General Election.
The Times claims Mr Brown may try to head off a Cabinet bid to oust him by replacing Alistair Darling with Ed Balls.
According to The Independent, senior military commanders have warned Gordon Brown that Britain will lose credibility with her US allies if the PM refuses to bolster troop numbers in Afghanistan
The Daily Express says a wonder pill harnessing the antioxidant qualities of tomatoes could help save hundreds of thousands of lives.
Metro pictures 13-year-old Diversity star Perri Kiely, fresh from the group's Britain's Got Talent success.
The Daily Mirror says Diversity are celebrating their triumph ... by going back to school.
The Daily Star continues the Susan Boyle backlash, saying the singer threw a tantrum after coming second in Britain's Got Talent.
And elsewhere...
Al-Quds reports two top Hamas militants, an unarmed Hamas supporter and three Palestinian policemen were killed in exchanges of gunfire in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Oriental Daily says some 5,000 protesters marched through Hong Kong to commemorate the Tienanmen crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing 20 years ago.
Irrawady reports Burma's military junta has accused Aung San Suu Kyi of covering up a visit to her home by a US man which led to her trial. The regime also issued its sternest warning yet against foreign interference in the case.
According to The Irish Times, a senior Christian Brother leader has backed growing demands for criminal prosecutions against those responsible for decades of child abuse in church-run schools. Brother Edmund Garvey also called for religious orders who ran to so-called industrial and reformatory schools to offer more compensation to victims.
Tribune de Geneve says WHO has urged governments to require that all tobacco packages include pictorial warnings - bleeding brains, blackened gums and bulging neck tumors - to show the sickness and suffering caused by tobacco use. Such warning images are already used in more than 20 countries.
Orlando Sentinel reports researchers have released details of new therapies that appear to effectively target breast cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Boston Globe says the Physicians for Human Rights' survey of women who fled Sudan's Darfur conflict found that a third reported or showed signs of rape. About half the rapes reported by the women were perpetrated in Darfur by janjaweed militiamen and half were assaults by Chadian villagers near the UN refugee camp.
Al Ahram reports that a 25-year-old Egyptian labourer cut off his penis in protest at his parents' choice of bride. He was taken to hospital in stable condition but the doctors were unable to reattach the severed member. He was in love with a woman but his parents rejected her and told him to marry another woman he didn't want.
USA Today says that after 40 years of fighting for equality, it seems that women are no happier. According to a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in the United States, women in many countries have been growing steadily unhappier compared with men. People's sense of happiness in 12 European countries has risen slightly, but less so for women than men.
The Irish Independent reports that a new poll has found that Irish people spend almost 9.5 hours moaning each week. Bad weather tops the list of daily groans, followed by tiredness, traffic and work. The poll found that only British people moan more than the Irish.