The following are the top stories in the Maltese and foreign newspapers:
The Times says that a balanced Budget by 2010 is not a top priority of the Labour Party. Its priority is the implementation of its plan for change. It also reports how AD said it would work for liberalisation of the bus service in a coalition.
l-orizzont says that Dr Frank Portelli is in the gonzipn team even though he had made corruption allegations with regard to Mater Dei Hospital some time ago. His participation is an effort to attract undecided voters back to the PN. It also reports a GWU statement saying a Labour government had committed itself to hold talks with it on assistant care workers and workers at Air Malta and Enemalta.
In-Nazzjon says the MLP proposal for what are effectively loans for first time buyers means young people will pay twice as much for their home. It also says that Tony Zarb knows nothing on the MLP proposal on overtime even though it was the GWU which signed the collective agreement for Super One workers, where overtime are paid at flat rates.
The Malta Independent claims Alfred Sant has changed his position on the reception class, saying he would not impose it on private schools. It also reports Dr Sant insisting that tourism will be a pillar of the economy under Labour.
Malta Today says 59 percent of the people disagree with the proposals of the PN and the MLP on immigration and 11 percent say Azzjoni Nazzjonali has the best policy on this subject.
The Press in Britain
Six newspapers focus on the conviction at the Old Bailey of a 39-year-old former nightclub bouncer, Levi Bellfield, for the murders of two students and the attempted murder of a third. Detectives in Surrey have called for new witnesses to come forward after naming him the 'prime suspect' for the murder of yet another schoolgirl, Milly Dowler and over possible connections with 20 other attacks.
The Sun leads that Bellfield has been revealed as the prime suspect in the murder of 13-year-old Amanda Dowler, known as Milly, who vanished while walking home from school in 2002.
The Daily Mirror reports the girl's parents want Bellfield to say whether he killed their Milly, whose skeletal remains were found months after her dusappearance by mushroom pickers.
The Daily Mail wonders if a catalogue of police blunders could let Bellfield cheat justice for the murder of Milly. He will be sentenced later today and faces a triple life term.
The Independent reports that a full-scale forensic search for bodies at a former care home in Jersey is now focused on a bricked-up cellar.
The Daily Express claims badly-managed reforms under Labour have led to dental charges which have detered more than 11 million UK adults from seeing a dentist in two years as even a check-up is too expensive.
The Times quotes a study which claims the new generation of antidepressant drugs, such as Prozac and Seroxat, works no better than a dummy pill, or placebo, for the majority of patients.
The Herald says the antidepressants, taken by thousands of Scots, are largely a waste of time and money.
The Guardian reports Barack Obama's campaign team accused Hillary Clinton's staff of a dirty tricks operation by circulating a picture of him in African dress.
The Daily Star claims Jennifer Aniston has frozen her eggs - until she can find a friend to father her babies.
The Financial Times says employers would gain significant new powers to shape higher education degrees under a confidential blueprint circulating inside Whitehall.
The Record claims the partner of Tilda Swinton, winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar award for "Michael Clayton", slept through her win - because he doesn't have a telly.
And elsewhere...
Moscow Times says that on his first official visit to European capitals since being named the Kremlin's favoured presidential successor, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was in Belgrade and Budapest yesterday, announcing Hungary's participation in the South Stream pipeline and pledging significant economic and political aid to Serbia. After talks with Ferenc Gyurcsany, Medvedev said the Hungarian prime minister had agreed to the signing of a deal for his country's participation in the multibillion-dollar pipeline project.
Serbia's Dnevnik reports that the construction of the South Stream pipeline, which critics say is being pursued by Moscow to disrupt the European Union's attempts to form a common energy policy, was also a central part of his visit to Serbia. Following a meeting with Serbian Premier Vojislav Kostunica, Medvedev insisted that Kosovo's independence declaration violated international rules, and that Moscow and Serbia will "co-ordinate" their future moves in the crisis.
Chumhuriyet quotes Turkish military officials saying the number of Kurdistan Workers Party rebels killed during its ground and air offensive in northern Iraq has risen to 153. The General Staff said 17 Turkish soldiers had been killed in the clashes, which were ongoing. Turkish media have reported that troops are advancing on the PKK's headquarters near Iraq's border with Iran.
Pakistan Times says at least eight people have been killed and dozens of others injured after a suicide bomb attack in Rawalpindi - the first suicide bombing since last week's parliamentary elections, which saw the main opposition parties sweep into power at the expense of President Pervez Musharraf's party. Security officials said Lieutenant General Mushtaq Baig, the head of the army's medical corps, was among those killed in the attack.
Saarbrücker Zeitung reports coal mining in Germany's western Saarland region has been suspended and 3,600 employees laid off after a weekend earth tremor that disrupted power supplies and caused damage to property. Germany plans to phase out unprofitable coal mining altogether by 2018 but there are fears among the workers that the mines will be closed down immediately citing increased danger after the earthquake.
New York Post says that a device which lets anyone "spy on your wife, husband or colleague" by reading their texts, including deleted ones, is being sold by a New York firm. The €100-gadget, advertised as a "little gem", can read a phone's Sim card and the data can be transferred to any computer with a USB port. The user's phonebook, text messages and any other information stored on the Sim card can be downloaded.