The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says the government will forge ahead with its early retirement schemes for Malta Shipyards after no agreement was reached in talks with the GWU. It also reports Labour leader Joseph Muscat warning delegates that there is no place for prima donnas in the party as the hard work of the new leadership now begins.
In-Nazzjon says the MLP has gone back 30 years, with the election to its administration of Alex Sceberras Trigona, who has been appointed international secretary, a position he held 31 years ago.
The Malta Independent says the top posts in the MLP administration - those of the general secretary and the president - have been confirmed. It also reports that Labour MP Karl Chircop is in deep coma in hospital.
Malta Today also leads with the Labour administrative elections, saying the party is “back to square one”.
l-orizzont says no agreement has been reached in the talks on Malta Shipyards, with the GWU insisting on job guarantees.
The Press in Britain…
Private detectives for Kate and Gerry McCann are pursuing reports that a girl calling herself "Maddy" was seen in Holland just after Madeleine vanished. The Daily Express claims that the Dutch shopkeeper spoke to a girl who strongly resembles Madeleine McCann last year.
The Sun says Portuguese police did not tell Kate and Gerry McCann about this apparent sighting.
The Daily Star says the McCanns have accused Portuguese detectives of withholding potentially crucial leads and evidence from them.
The Daily Mail reports the Maddy story but leads with claims that some NHS hospitals are so filthy patients have found rats in maternity units.
According to The Times, the new foolproof microchipped passports have been cloned in tests, exposing "a serious safety flaw".
The Daily Telegraph says David Miliband has already chosen his future Chancellor if he successfully challenges Gordon Brown as Prime Minister.
Metro says mortgage lenders are accused of "robbing people of their homes" as figures reveal a 40% surge in repossessions.
The Independent reports that Chancellor Alistair Darling is planning radical proposals to revive Britain's housing market.
The Guardian reports that under new plans, stamp duty on properties up to the value of £250,000, could be suspended.
The Financial Times says the row over nationalised bank Northern Rock continues amid fears taxpayers will have to pay even more to bail it out.
The Manchester Guardian says accident investigators are examining why two plane collided while taxiing to a runway at Manchester Airport. Almost 300 passengers were on board the planes when wing tip of a Futura Boeing 737 hit the tail of a Lufthansa Airbus A320. No injuries were reported.
And elsewhere…
The People’s Daily reports that large crowds have turned out to see the Olympic flame being taken through Beijing on the final leg of its global relay.
The New York Times leads with the case of a Pakistani woman who has appeared in court accused of trying to kill US soldiers. Prosecutors said Aafia Siddiqui was stopped by Afghan police who found in her handbag recipes for explosives and descriptions of New York landmarks. She allegedly pointed a rifle at a US Army captain and fired two shots.
Washington Times reports that British Ministers are to delay the extradition of radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza to the US to face terror charges. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Hamza, who was jailed for inciting racial hatred, should not be moved until judges examine his appeal.
The Boston Globe says the US authorities have charged 11 people in connection with what is believed to be the country's biggest ever case of identity fraud. The defendants, who stem the US, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus and China are accused of stealing more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers by hacking into the computer systems of at least nine major US corporations.
EU Observer reports that Iran has responded to a package of incentives to halt uranium enrichment, offered by six major powers. US officials called the Iranian response "unacceptable".
The New Times reveals that the Rwandan government has unveiled a report which accuses senior French officials of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Globe and Mail says a South African judge has said he will rule in September whether to dismiss fraud and corruption charges against president-in-waiting Jacob Zuma.
The Irish Times quotes Minister for Health Mary Harney she expects to begin a programme of cervical cancer vaccinations, which will be given to 12-year-old girls in primary school, in September next year. The vaccine would prevent girls from contracting a virus that can cause cervical cancer in later life.