The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times reports that a girl who does not suffer mental health problems is being held at Mt Carmel Hospital. It also reports on a controversy between Heritage Malta and the Jewish community over the ownership of Jewish bones found in catacombs in Rabat. It says the community is calling for proper burial according to Jewish rites.
The Malta Independent says the European Commission has warned Malta over serious repercussions from the doctors' pay agreement reached in 2007. It also says investigators of the Lockerbie bombing are to come to Malta for further investigations.
MaltaToday says the shipyards privatisation process is in serious trouble as all the bids failed to meet the government’s expectations.
Illum reports that Nationalist MP Robert Arrigo has had two meetings with the Prime Minister, with the discussion including his failure to be made a minister or parliamentary secretary.
It-Torca reports that some schools are failing hygiene standards. It also says that the government is being selective over who to help in these times of recession. In another story it says no safety procedures for training exist in the AFM.
KullHadd also leads with the AFM, saying that the man chosen to head an internal inquiry into the recent training tragedy was not the most suitable. In another story it says the chief financial officer at Enemalta has resigned.
Il-Mument reports intensive Malta tourism promotion in four countries. In a political story, it says Joseph Muscat has re-united the anti-EU membership group.
The Press in Britain…
The News of The World claims dying Jade Goody will have the wedding of the year, pledging always to keep vigil over her two sons from heaven.
The Sunday Mail says Jade’s bridesmaids helped laugh off her cancer agony - by donning baldy caps
The Sunday Times reports the government is warning parents not to tell their children what's right and wrong when discussing sex.
Scotland on Sunday reports that tens of thousands are at risk of contracting cancer due to a row between doctors and the government over funding for a vaccine.
The Independent on Sunday reports the FBI first investigated Texan billionaire Allen Stanford 20 years ago.
The Observer claims British agents have colluded with their Pakistani counterparts over the torture of suspects.
The Mail on Sunday reports on secret political diaries kept by Chris Mullin who served as a junior Labour minister until 2005.
The Sunday Express claims some foreign workers are so determined to come to Britain, they are prepared to work for £1 an hour.
The Sunday Herald says a German construction firm at the centre of Edinburgh's trams hold-up lost up to £80m as part of a deal to build a new road in Norway.
According to the Sunday People, Oscar hopeful Kate Winslet is considering keeping her clothes on in future roles.
And elsewhere…
The People’s Daily reports the United States and China have agreed to work together to stabilise the global economy and fight climate change.
Ha’aretz says the Israeli military has fired artillery shells into southern Lebanon in response to a rocket attack, which injured three people near the northern Israeli town Maalot.
Abrar quotes Iran's parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani telling visiting former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder that it is impossible to deprive Tehran of nuclear technology for peaceful uses.
Novy Cas reports that a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing near the town of Brezno in central Slovakia, killing 11 people and injuring 21. The victims were all passengers aboard the bus, which was carrying 35 people to a nearby ski resort.
Asia Times says at least 44 miners died and nearly 100 remained trapped underground after a gas blast ripped through a coal mine near Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province in northern China. The country's mining industry is the world's deadliest. In 2008, coal mine accidents claimed about 3,200 lives in China.
Times of Nigeria reports that a row over Muslim worshippers parking their cars outside a Christian church in the central Nigerian town of Bauchi has left four dead and 35 injured. Churches, mosques and homes were set alight in bitter sectarian fighting, said Red Cross officials.
The Irish Independent says that some 100,000 workers have taken to the streets in the Irish city of Dublin to protest against government cutbacks.
Corriere della Sera reports that Italy's centre-left opposition party has elected Dario Franceschini as its new leader. He replaces Walter Veltroni, who stood down on Tuesday after his Democratic Party lost a key local election on the island of Sardinia.
Processo says a gang of teenagers have stoned a 22-year-old man to death in Chiapas as they believed he had stolen a cell phone and a bike from one of their friends.
Pennsylvania Post reports that an 11-year-old boy has been charged over the shotgun murder of his father's pregnant girlfriend, who was found dead at her home.
Der Kurier reports that a German businessman lost more than €10,000 in a plastic bag after forgetting the cash in a public toilet. Hesse state police said the man took the money with him as he stopped to relieve himself in a motorway service station near Haiger in western Germany. He then drove off.