The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times focuses on an incident at Chadwick Lakes yesterday where a young soldier, Matthew Psaila, almost drowned. He is in critical condition.
The Malta Independent says the bridge linking Fort St Elmo to the Grand Harbour breakwater is to be rebuilt at a cost of €2.8 million. It also reports how the head of the Security Service yesterday presented a court with 300 records of conversations in the case instituted against Bastjan Dalli over conspiracy to import drugs.
In-Nazzjon says the rebuilding of the breakwater bridge will tie-in with a project for the rehabilitation of Fort St Elmo.
l-orizzont complains on its front page about speculation of government property at Zonqor Point.
The Press in Britain
The Sun carries more pictures of the 13-year-old boy who's a father. The police have decided it is "not in anyone's interests" for a prosecution to take place. Alfie Patten's girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15, gave birth to Maisie Roxanne four days ago.
In what it calls the “scandal of a father aged 13”, the Daily Express invites readers to 'Meet The Parents' of the boy and asks: “Why did mothers let children sleep together?”
The Independent tells the tragic story of Beverly Eckert, a widow who has died in the Buffalo plane crash. She had become a national heroine as leader of the 9/11 victims’ relatives
The Times says Mrs Eckert was on her way to honour her husband who was killed when a jet crashed into the twin towers.
The Daily Mail accuses Prince Charles of hypocrisy for using a private jet on an 'environmental' tour of South America.
The Guardian says the world's second biggest drugs company is to provide cheap drugs to millions of people in the developing world.
According to The Daily Telegraph, Gordon Brown may scrap MPs' gold-plated final salary pension schemes.
The Financial Times reports how Lloyds has been hit by worse-than-expected £10bn losses from newly-acquired HBOS.
And elsewhere…
The Washington Times reports the US House of Representatives has approved President Barack Obama’s $787 billion-plan to resuscitate the economy – the President 's first major legislative victory since taking office on January 20. The plan passed with 246 votes in favour and 183 against, with no Republican "yes" votes.
Berliner Morgenpost says that the German parliament has approved a €50 billion-economic stimulus package. The budgetary move, the biggest of its kind for Germany since World War II, aims to tackle the country's spiralling recession.
Il Sole 24 Ore reports that finance ministers from the world's Group of Seven economies – the US, Germany, Japan, France, Britain, Canada and Italy – are meeting in Rome to discuss the global economic downturn.
The New York Times says the plane that crashed in the US killing 50 people had suffered "significant ice build-up" and was flying out of control moments before it disappeared from radar. The last moments of Continental Airlines flight, which crashed in Buffalo, New York, have been revealed in a media conference.
Times of India reports that at least 15 people have been killed after a train derailment in eastern India.
The Herald says Zimbabwean police have charged Roy Bennett, an ally of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, with treason just hours after ministers were sworn in for the country's unity government.
Al-Ahrar quotes Iraqi police saying a female suicide bomber attacked a procession of Shi'ite pilgrims just south of Baghdad, killing around 40 people and wounding over 60. The majority of the dead and injured were woman and children.
L’Avenir says 40 Rwandan Hutu rebels have been killed in an air raid in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Age reports that Australian police have charged a 39-year-old man with arson in connection with the country's deadly bushfires, which have killed at least 181 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. Meanwhile, thousands of fire fighters continue to battle blazes in Victoria, with some 20 fires still burning, many out of control.
Bild Zeitung says that an Afghan-born man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his sister in what prosecutors called an "honour killing." The schoolgirl, aged 16, was stabbed 23 times.
A poll for yourchurchwedding.org found that nearly nine out of 10 people in a relationship said undivided attention would be preferable to an "indulgent gift" on Valentine's Day. It shows that 91 per cent of men and 86 per cent of women would rather have quality time with a loved one.