The following are the top stories in the local and overseas press.
The funeral of fisherman Karmenu Bugeja dominates most of the front pages.
In other stories, The Times says a pregnant migrant woman died while being rescued as over 100 migrants were brought ashore over 24 hours.
In-Nazzjon reports that a young Maltese-Australian is brain dead after being beaten in a club near Athens. It also reports that the Prime Minister has been holding a series of meetings with NGOs and professional bodies on MEPA reform.
l-orizzont leads with a GWU press conference, held yesterday, where it insisted it wanted agreement, not imposition, on the dockyard privatisation process. Workers were told to send any literature about early retirement schemes to the union.
The Malta Independent also leads with the funeral and the influx of migrants.
The Press in Britain…
The Daily Mail and The Times suggest the government is considering a windfall tax on the "big three" energy giants after they made combined profits of £15.6bn.
The Telegraph quotes a recent opinion poll showing Gordon Brown's popularity has fallen to an historic low but ditching him would not save Labour from a General Election defeat.
The Independent reports that the government would be blocking websites that encourage vulnerable teenagers to kill themselves.
The Financial Times says that Russia plans to form a state grain trading company, intensifying fears that Moscow wants to use food exports as a diplomatic weapon just like gas.
The Scotsman claims a tablet, dubbed “the exercise pill”, has been developed; it keeps your body slim and fit without you having to move a muscle.
The Express says research shows a daily dose of garlic helps to lower blood pressure and can be as effective as drugs,.
The Sun reports Britain's fattest teenager has been warned: "Lose 20 stones or die.”
And elsewhere…
EU Observer quotes Eurostat figures which show price growth in the 15-nation euro area accelerated from July's predicted forecast of four per cent to another record high of 4.1 percent.
Corriere della Sera reports that the Italian Parliament has unanimously ratified the Lisbon Treaty.
The International Herald Tribune says former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will reappear before the UN war crimes tribunal later this month. At his first appearance he was stopped by the judge when protesting about his arrest and told the prosecution will object to him representing himself.
Al Jazeera quotes an Al Qaeda statement saying one of its commanders has been killed by a US airstrike in Afghanistan.
The Herald says Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said he is pleased with the state of compromise talks to form a unity government.
Al-Ayyam says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the release of around 200 Hamas members arrested in the West Bank. The move comes after Hamas released a number of Fatah captives in the Gaza strip.
Los Angeles Times reports Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California has moved to end a budget crisis by sacking 22,000 state workers and ordering pay cuts for 200,000.
El Universal reports that President Hugo Chavez has nationalised the Bank of Venezuela, which is owned by the Santander banking group of Spain. Chavez said he had decided to buy the bank after Santander asked for permission to sell it to a local group.
Canada’s Manitoba’s Daily Graphic reports a man on a bus was stabbed 40 or 50 times by the man sitting next to him before severing his head with a large knife. Other passengers ran from the bus and the driver shut the door from the outside while they waited for police. The attacker calmly went to the front of the bus to show off the head.
Sydney Morning Herald announces that two ancestors of Kevin Rudd, the Australian Prime Minister, were transported to Australia for theft.
Sudan Tribune says 22 alleged Darfur rebels were sentenced to death over an attack on Sudan’s capital in which more than 222 people died. In all, 30 alleged members of the Justice and Equality Movement have been condemned to death.
Seoul Times reports that the Constitutional Court in South Korea overturned a ban on doctors telling parents the gender of unborn babies, saying that parents no longer have a preference for sons
Costa Rica News says two Caribbean fishermen, whose boat ran out of fuel, have been rescued after surviving 44 days lost at sea on a diet of raw fish and rainwater.
El Pais reports a month-old baby died in the town of Olot, in northeastern Spain, after his parents left him in a buggy in their car boot by mistake.
The New York Post reports that a giant, uncut emerald on display in Hong Kong here has become the centre of a dispute with Madagascar, whose government said the stone was illegally taken from the African island nation.