The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says the Malta Maritime Authority is to seek the sanctioning of works at Boiler Wharf, the cruise liner spillover berth. It also reports how Aaron Ciantar has won back-to-back powerboat championships.
The Malta Independent leads with how international birdwatchers and the police found birds trapped illegally at Bahrija.
In-Nazzjon quotes Finance Minister Tonio Fenech saying incentives would be given for business start-ups. It also says relatives of a Serb who died in Malta in August suspect he may have been murdered.
l-orizzont asks about the government reaction to a proposal by the Malta Employers' Association for the government to foot half of the private sector's cost of living adjustment in the Budget.
The Press in Britain...
The Times says up to 20,000 children have been put at risk because authorities dithered for two weeks about closing the farm pinpointed as an E.Coli infection source.
The Daily Mail questions why Godstone Farm remained open to the public.
The Daily Express reveals government plans a £400 million-stealth raid on pension pots.
According to The Guardian, executive pay and bonuses keep rising even though the economy continues to languish.
The Herald says a trade union leader has warned of "riots on the streets" if the next government cuts public spending to pay for the banking bail-out.
The Daily Telegraph claims tens of thousands of used-car buyers have unwittingly bought former rental vehicles from the official dealerships of leading manufacturers.
According to the Financial Times, a full-blown trade row has erupted between the US and China after Beijing accused Washington of "rampant protectionism".
Michael Jackson's "secret" sister talks to the Daily Mirror about her heartache at being shunned by her famous family for 35 years.
The Daily Star claims Jordan wants Peter Andre back - just a week after their divorce - because it was all a mistake.
And elsewhere...
El Universal quotes President Hugo Chavez saying Russia was to lend him €1.5 billion to finance the purchase of weapons including tanks and advanced anti-aircraft missiles agreed on a trip to Moscow last week.
RIA-Novosti news agency reports 37 people were killed in a fire which engulfed a Kazakhstan drug treatment centre - a Soviet-era building with a history of safety violations.
Afghan Times says a battle in western Afghanistan that included airstrikes has killed some 50 Taliban militants after an insurgent ambush left three US and seven Afghan troops dead.
The Washington Times says the first round of swine flu jabs in the US could begin sooner than expected, with some vaccines available as early as the first week of October.
The Jerusalem Post reports 86-year-old Israeli President Shimon Peres has been discharged from a Tel Aviv hospital, a day after fainting on stage during a talk. Doctors said tests showed Peres to be in good health and his notoriously demanding schedule was blamed for the collapse.
South China Morning Post says a construction platform inside a lift shaft has collapsed, sending six workers falling about 20 storeys to their deaths inside a Hong Kong skyscraper. The accident occurred at the International Commerce Centre, which will be 118 stories high when completed next year, making it one of the world's tallest buildings and the highest in Hong Kong.
The Irish Examiner reports that Fáilte Ireland is giving away more than €37 million in discounts to boost the tourism market going into the winter. The state tourism authority is trying to encourage Irish people to holiday at home after a drop-off in tourists from traditionally strong areas such as the UK. Each new copy of the "Discover Ireland" brochure will contain a €50 voucher people can use against most of the hotels and B&Bs featured.
The Samoa Observer reports that the country's radical road switch has claimed its first casualty - a boy hit by a wayward bus is in a critical condition and would be "fortunate to survive". Five days after the Pacific nation switched to driving on the left, a bus driving on the wrong side of the road hit the 12-year-old boy who had been walking to meet his father at a nearby shop.
Bangladesh's Daily Star says police are investigating reports that a 13-year-old girl was married off to a 75-year-old moneylender as a way of paying off her father's debt of just €45. The father had borrowed the money for rebuilding work after his village was hit by a devastating cyclone in May this year.
Meanwhile, Al Ayyam reports a 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labour. A human rights organisation says the was only 11 when her father married her to a 24-year-old man who works as a farmer in Saudi Arabia.
The British Medical Journal says women are to be offered "natural breast enlargements" using unwanted fat from other parts of their bodies such as the hips, thighs and stomach. The technique will be made available "early next year", following a 10-year study on global developments within fat grafting. The procedure is likely to cost around €9,150 when it becomes commercially available.