These are the main headlines of the local and international newspapers:
The Sunday Times says that Magistrate Giovanni Grixti has reacted to figures of the pending backlog of magisterial inquiries by “launching a scathing attack on the justice minister and the Commission for the Administration of Justice”.
The Malta Independent on Sunday reveals that practically every mention of the word “condoms” in the second draft of the National Sex Health Policy has been removed.
Malta Today has a picture of Resources, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister George Pullicino, former MEPA Chairman Andrew Calleja and tuna tycoon Charles Azzopardi on a yachting trip to Sicily in the midst of the tuna pen controversy. Both the minister and Mr Calleja deny any conflict of interest.
Il-Mument leads on the consultations taking place of the Local Councils reform.
Illum claims that former Sea Malta Chairman Marlene Mizzi, and One News journalists Charlon Gouder and Claudette Baldacchino are expected to contest the European Parliament elections on the MLP ticket.
it-torċa leads with a story of a 33-year-old woman who died after being discharged from hospital where she sought a cure for knee trouble.
KullĦadd says the CPR emergency system at Mater Dei Hospital has never been used because hospital authorities contend it does not conform to specifications.
The Press in Britain…
The Sunday Express claims to have "tracked down" Sir Mark Thatcher in Spain and says he fears being found by the African despot he is accused of plotting to overthrow.
The Sunday Times reports that al Qaeda has been 'routed' by American and native troops in Iraq.
Daily Star Sunday says members of the Parachute Regiment captured eight Taliban commanders in Afghanistan.
The Sunday Telegraph reports that Church of England bishops are secretly meeting the Pope's advisors to discuss the split over homosexual priests and female bishops.
The Observer announces that body armour is being supplied to hospital workers, teachers and traffic wardens as fears grow over the level of knife crime in Britain.
An investigation by The Independent on Sunday reveals a rise in the number of knife attacks, now reaching 14,000 a year.
The News Of The World leads with a picture of 16-year-old stab victim Shakilus Townsend holding a knife – a photo which the paper says his parents would never have seen.
The People says more than 1,000 hospital doctors are working as waiters, cleaners and dishwashers.
The Daily Mail celebrates the Wimbledon girls' singles victory achieved by 14-year-old Brit Laura Robson.
The Evening Telegraph says emergency crews carried out a dramatic two-hour rescue of a young donkey who fell down a well in Northamptonshire. It was wrapped in a foil blanket to keep warm, and reunited with his owners having suffered only a few scratches.
And elsewhere…
South Africa’s Mail & Guardian reports from Harare that President Thabo Mbeki has held talks with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. But opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai refused to speak with Mbeki.
On the eve of the G-8 summit in Japan, Berliner Zeitung quotes German Chancellor Angela Merkel warning that rising food prices could lead to international insecurity, put democratisation of countries at risk and destabilise states.
Le Journal du Dimanche reports that former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt has been given a clean bill of health after a series of medical tests at a Paris military hospital
The International Herald Tribune says Syrian security forces are reported to have shot dead tens of prisoners during a riot over conditions at a military jail near Damascus.
Münchner Merkur reports that German police have raided a cheese factory in southern Germany suspected of having sold rotten produce, and connected to a similar case in Italy.
L’Osservatore Romano quotes Vatican judge Gianluigi Marrone saying a fake priest was caught trying to hear confessions in St Peter’s Basilica. He said the man was wearing clerical garb and carried documents alleging that he was a priest.
Mass circulation Bild says a German baby boy who was removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for one euro was returned to his home. The couple, in their 20s, put up an ad saying the baby was for sale "as it has got too loud". They maintained the posting was a joke and investigators dropped their probe into possible child trafficking.