The following are the top items in the Maltese press today:
The Times leads with comments by Lilia Fenech, whose partner Peter Wallner, 33, contacted the UK police after learning that they wanted to question him over the death of a woman found in a wheelie bin in Surrey. The newspaper also reports the death of a Sudanese migrant after being beaten up in Paceville, and says he was also the victim of another beating a year ago.
The Malta Independent reports PN parliamentary group anger at the conduct of the European Parliament elections.
l-orizzont highlights a press conference given yesterday by PL leader Joseph Muscat and says the party will open regional offices for its MEPs.
In-Nazzjon leads with the Prime Minister's meeting with MEPs yesterday and also reports that the backlog of cases at the law courts has been reduced.
The Press in Britain
The Independent quotes a report from one of Britain's most respected think tanks suggesting the economic downturn is over.
The Times describes the government's decision to hold back funds for hospitals as the first sign the NHS is facing severe cuts in the recession.
The Guardian reports Prime Minister Gordon Brown is giving more power to MPs in the hope of restoring credibility following the expenses scandals.
The Daily Telegraph claims Labour minister Shahid Malik has admitted billing taxpayers for two houses simultaneously.
The Financial Times warns City bosses are afraid the government is too weak to fight new EU rules which threaten British firms' chances of competing abroad.
The Daily Express leads with a mother-of-two who has been charged with abusing children at the nursery where she worked.
The Daily Mirror focuses on the parents who fear their children were abused by Vanessa George.
Metro says London Mayor Boris Johnson has traded insults with the union for London Underground workers after 24-hours of Tube strikes.
The Daily Star 'eggsclusively' reveals a reward has been offered to anyone who throws Indian food at BNP leader Nick Griffin.
And elsewhere...
Rome's Il Tempo leads with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's first visit to Italy with a warm embrace from Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Gaddafi's four-day visit is packed with speeches, including the rare honour of addressing the Italian Senate and an appearance at Rome's centuries-old Sapienza University.
The New York Times reports that seven key nations have agreed on new UN sanctions against North Korea for conducting a second nuclear test. The draft would expand an arms embargo against North Korea, curtail the North's financial dealings with the outside world, and authorise searches of ships on the high seas suspected of carrying banned weapons and nuclear material.
Metro says that in a landmark decision on domestic violence, the European Court of Human Rights has said Turkey failed to protect a woman from being murdered by her son-in-law and ordered Ankara to pay damages.
USA Today announces that Fiat is the new owner of the bulk of Chrysler's assets, closing a deal that saves the troubled US carmaker from liquidation. The new company will focus on smaller vehicles.
The Irish Times leads with the silent march in Dublin as more than 5,000 men, women and children weaved through the city in solidarity with the victims of abuse in church-run institutions. Loud applause erupted after the organizers called for justice, accountability, restitution, and repatriation for the crimes committed by religious orders in 216 or more institutions.
The Washington Times says a security guard shot by an intruder at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington has died.
The International Herald Tribune reports international aid agencies are facing funding shortfalls as they try to save the victims of fighting in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Variety says a New Jersey concert promoter has sued entertainer Michael Jackson for allegedly breaching a contract to play a reunion concert with other family members.
The Jerusalem Post reports that an Israeli woman mistakenly threw out a mattress she said had almost one million US dollars inside, setting off a frantic search through tons of rubbish at a number of landfill sites. The woman said she bought her elderly mother a new mattress as a surprise present - and threw out the old one. The next day, she said, she remembered that she had hidden her life savings inside the old mattress.