The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Sunday Times of Malta says the man murdered on Friday knew of an imminent plot to kill him. It also says uninsured damages from Friday's blaze in the Carnival huts could top €200,000.
The Malta Independent on Sunday quotes the prime minister as saying that the government is aiming for a leaner ministerial code of ethics. It also reports that proposals will be presented shortly to establish that MPs will be paid according to the number of sittings they attend.
Malta Today reports how a cleaning company was awarded €8m in cleaning contracts by the previous government. It also says that the Auditor General has been asked to investigate the Food Causes Fund and commitments by the former government.
It-Torca says mismanagement has cost the ETC millions in lost EU funds.
Il-Mument says the government is planning a pilot project to reduce the number of students at the Mcast ICT institute by 10 percent, thus also reducing its stipends bill.
Illum says there is anger within the government at the version given by Air Malta CEO Peter Davies after his wife was allegedly allowed on a flight which was delayed in Gatwick. It also says the secretary of the hunters' federation received more than €17,000 as a consultant to Mario de Marco when he was responsible for the environment.
KullHadd quotes the prime minister saying in a radio interview that the government had not shirked taking decisions.
The overseas press
Reuters reports protesters lit fires and fought street battles with police in parts of Istanbul and Ankara early Sunday in Turkey's fiercest anti-government demonstrations for years. Hundreds of protesters set fires in the capital Ankara, while riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray to hold back groups of stone-throwing youths near Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office in Istanbul. More than 900 people have been arrested in more than 90 separate demonstrations around the country. More than 1,000 people have been injured in Istanbul and several hundred more in Ankara. The heavy-handed police response has drawn rebukes from the European Union, the United States and international rights groups.
Channel News says thousands of anti-austerity protesters took to the streets of European cities against the "troika" of international powers whose financial policies they blame for worsening their economic hardship by stifling growth and increasing unemployment. Thousands marched in Madrid, chanting “Government, resign!”, while around 15,000 gathered outside the International Monetary Fund’s headquarters in Lisbon shouting “IMF, out of here!” Other protests were held in Brussels and Frankfurt.
According to France 24, a European Parliament committee has voted to lift immunity rights from French MEP Marine Le Pen. The decision followed a request by French prosecutors trying to charge her with inciting religious hatred in a 2010 speech. A spokesperson from Le Pen's National Front party called the attempt politically motivated.
Sky News reports the British police have charged a second suspect in the murder of Lee Rigby, the British soldier who was hacked to death in London last month in what police are treating as a terrorist attack. Marchel Adebolajo, 28, has been charged with the Rigby’s murder as well as the attempted murder of two police officers and possession of a firearm. He is due to appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court tomorrow. Meanwhile, the incident has sparked demonstrations in the capital city by rightwing and anti-fascist groups in which some 58 people were arrested in London after BNP supporters and anti-fascist campaigners came to blows outside Westminster.
CNN says a new round of tornadoes in Oklahoma has killed nine people and injured at least 75 others. Most of the damage and casualties occurred in the area around Oklahoma City, the state capital, where a huge tornado killed 24 people just 11 days earlier. Many victims trying to escape Friday night's high winds and by highways suddenly found themselves directly in the path of powerful storms as the winds changed direction. Severe flooding was a new problem in the Oklahoma City area Saturday, after a four-hour downpour that dropped 20 to 28 centimeters of rain.
AP reports 18 rockets and mortar rounds from Syria slammed into Lebanon on Saturday, the largest cross-border salvo to hit a Hezbollah stronghold since Syrian rebels threatened to retaliate for the Lebanese militant group's armed support of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The rockets targeted the Baalbek region, the latest sign that Syria's civil war is increasingly destabilising Lebanon. On Friday, the Lebanese parliament decided to put off general elections, originally scheduled for June, by 17 months, blaming a deteriorating security situation in the country. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has lodged an appeal with the Constitutional Council challenging parliament's decision.
TV Line announces the death of Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker's far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV's groundbreaking 1970s comedy "All in the Family". She was 90. Stapleton died on Friday of natural causes at her New York City home surrounded by her children and friends.
Euronews reports residents in Brussels have complained about a noisy neighbour: Lola the donkey, who is appearing in a play at a cultural centre in the same apartment block. Police ordered that she be moved indoors from the balcony, where her braying was deemed too loud. The centre’s director accused the neighbours of interfering and said Lola “needed to breathe” outdoors.
Football: According to Rio de Janeiro’s Jornal dos Sports, Brazil striker Fred has declared himself ready to start in this evening’s international friendly against England at the revamped Maracana Stadium, despite nursing a broken rib. England also have their share of injury concerns with forwards Jermain Defoe (achilles), Danny Wellbeck (knee) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (calf) in doubt. The team's dearth of attacking options means coach Roy Hodgson could deploy Arsenal's Theo Walcott as a central striker and Rooney in a deep-lying role. Kick-off: 9 p.m. Malta time.