The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times reports the death of Al Megrahi but says the Lockerbie bombing mystery lives on. It also says that the International Commission of Jurists has called for an inquiry into riots by migrants in Malta and an end to mandatory detention.
The Malta Independent leads with yesterday's speeches by the political leaders.
In-Nazzjon says the emergency service in private hospitals has been well received. It also features the prime minister's promise on jobs and better living standards.
l-orizzont focuses on a sharp increase in the incidence of scabies. There were 69 cases last year from just one in previous years. It also reports on Joseph Muscat's promise to strengthen businesses.
The overseas press:
Nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic has won the Serbian presidency, a result that adds to the political turmoil in the Balkan country and could slow down its attempts to join the European Union. Blic quotes the Centre for Free Elections and Democracy, an independent polling group, said Nikolic won 49.4 per cent of the vote, while pro-European Union incumbent Boris Tadic, who has already conceded defeat, received 47.6 per cent. Analysts have warned Nikolic’s victory could break up an already agreed pro-EU cabinet of his rival Boris Tadic and the Socialists.
Il Resto del Carlino reports that thousands of people left homeless by a powerful earthquake in northern Italy have spent the night in shelters as aftershocks continued to hit the region. At least seven people died and more than 50 were injured when the quake struck in the early hours of Sunday. The magnitude six quake, centred north of Bologna, destroyed or badly damaged many historic buildings. Many of the 3,000 displaced people had seen their homes destroyed but others were simply too afraid to return home.
La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno quotes Brindisi’s chief prosecutor saying the bomb attack which killed a teenage girl and wounded 10 others in southern Italy was probably carried out by a lone individual and not by the Sicilian Mafia or the local version, known as the Sacra Corona. Marco Dinapoli said the police already had a facial composite picture of the suspect they believe was behind the attack which killed 16-year-old Melissa Bassi. Reports said two men, one a former soldier with knowledge of explosives, had been questioned by police and released.
The Guardian leads with the death of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al Megrahi, who passed away nearly three years after he was released from jail on compassionate grounds. Megrahi, who was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, was released from prison in August 2009 with an estimated three months to live. The decision by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to free the only man ever convicted of the atrocity provoked an international storm. British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he should have never been released but has rejected suggestions of a new Lockerbie inquiry. According to The Times, there are still plenty of questions unanswered over the 1988 bombing which claimed 270 lives. Megrahi had always maintained his innocence.
CNN reports President Barack Obama has warned of "hard days ahead" at a Nato summit in Chicago dominated by the issue of withdrawal from Afghanistan. Nato is preparing to hand over security to Afghan forces by the end of 2014. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his country was fully aware of its responsibilities. Meanwhile, France's new President François Hollande has again said he would pull French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of this year, nearly two years ahead of schedule.
Meanwhile, AFP quotes NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen voicing concern about violence in Syria, but saying the alliance had "no intention" of taking military action against the regime. NATO governments have come under criticism for backing an air war in Libya but ruling out military intervention in Syria, where opposition demonstrators and badly outgunned rebels have been hammered by heavily-armed regime forces. Rasmussen spoke a day after G8 nations said a "political transition" was needed to end the crisis in Syria, where monitors say more than 12,000 people have died in a government crackdown since March 2011.
Associated Press says gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns early this morning in intense street battles in the Lebanese capital, wounding six people as fears mounted that the conflict in neighbouring Syria was spreading across the border. The fighting appeared to be among the worst clashes in Beirut since 2008. The clashes erupted hours after an anti-Syrian cleric and his bodyguard were shot dead in northern Lebanon.
Reuters reports that the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukija Amano, is in Teheran for talks later today with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, voicing optimism he could reach a deal to investigate suspected atom bomb research. The possible breakthrough could help ease Western sanctions pressure on Iran and deflect threats of war.
The death has been announced of Robin Gibb, singer with the legendary British band the Bee Gees. The BBC says he died on Sunday aged 62 after a lengthy battle against cancer. Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb scaled the heights of the pop world in the 1970s with disco hits including "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive", and "Night Fever". The band notched up record sales of more than 200 million since their first hits in the 1960s.
Tens of thousands of fans have been cheering Chelsea's Champions League-winning squad on a parade through the streets of west London. The Daily Mirror says players, interim manager Roberto di Matteo and the club's owner Roman Abramovich were onboard the first bus as it made its way through the streets. The Blues secured victory in a clash with four-time cup winners Bayern Munich in Germany, on Saturday. Chelsea won 4-3 on penalties. It is the first time a London football club has won the European cup.