The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times reports efforts to try to secure the release of a Maltese oil worker kidnapped in Nigeria on Friday. A meeting with a number of ambassadors is due today. It carries a picture of Morena being greeted on her return from the Eurovision Song Contest.
In-Nazzjon quotes George Abela saying cliques and internal fighting are rife in the MLP. It also reports that Lufthansa Teknik is seeking to recruit 250 workers.
l-orizzont says tuna catches in the Mediterranean will reach the sustainability quota by the end of May.
The Malta Independent also leads with a picture of Morena. It carries an interview with the Children’s Commissioner, who calls for a national policy on children who cannot live with their natural parents.
The Press in Britain...
The Daily Telegraph says Foreign Secretary David Miliband is being urged to prepare for a leadership challenge if Gordon Brown loses the confidence of senior colleagues.
The Daily Mirror dedicates the whole of its front page to the family's tribute to the 18-year-old Harry Potter actor Rob Knox, who was killed on Saturday. So do the Mail and the Express.
The Daily Express also reveals that hundreds of truckers are planning a mass protest in London against rising fuel prices.
The Guardian quotes new US studies that find the UN's carbon offset fund is being routinely abused by energy firms in developing countries.
The Times reports England's leading independent schools claim the government's new national curriculum for under-fives violates parents' human rights.
The Independent leads with new plans to curb smoking among young people, saying the Health Secretary's proposals include banning cigarettes from being on display in shops and vending machines.
And elsewhere...
A powerful aftershock has destroyed tens of thousands of homes in China, causing hundreds of new casualties and straining earthquake recovery efforts. The People’s Daily says one person was killed and 400 injured. Some 71,000 homes were levelled and another 200,000 are in danger of collapse from the aftershock
South China Morning Post reports donor nations have pledged conditional assistance to Burma, following a conference to raise money for survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
The Daily Star says Lebanon's new president, General Michel Suleiman appealed for national unity and closer ties with Syria.
The International Herald Tribune says the international community has welcomed Suleiman’s election and quotes President Bush saying he looked forward to “an era of political reconciliation”.
Mail & Guardian quotes South African President, Thabo Mbeki, condemning the wave of attacks on immigrants across the country as “an absolute disgrace”.
Meanwhile, The Chronicle says Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, has offered Zimbabweans fleeing anti-immigrant violence in neighbouring South Africa free land if they return home.
New Straits Times quotes Malaysian police saying they have rescued four babies from suspected infant traffickers who bought newborns from poor mothers and sold them to childless couples. A police official said 23 people have been detained, including those who bought the babies.