The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times reports that the Government and the MAM reached agreement on their health centres dispute last night and the MAM will lift its directives to doctors this morning. The newspaper also reports that unscheduled bus services will be liberalised from today.
The Malta Independent says the Cabinet has liberalised the unscheduled bus service.
l-orizzont says three health centres were without doctors yesterday. It also reports a press conference by PL leader Joseph Muscat where he revealed allegations by an Israeli company on the tender for an extension to the Delimara power station.
In-Nazzjon also leads with the liberalization of unscheduled public transport. It also says that the Labour MEPs made 130 mistakes in the European Parliament.
The Press in Britain
The Daily Mail says Michael Martin was condemned as a 'dead Speaker walking' after an unprecedented parliamentary mutiny over his handling of the expenses scandal. The Independent says senior figures from the three main parties gave Mr Martin once last chance to resign before he was pushed out of office.
The Times says ministers hoped desperately that the Speaker would 'get the message' and quit.
The Guardian claims Gordon Brown was warned by senior Labour MPs that the government must not be seen to be standing in the way of an unprecedented no-confidence vote to oust Mr Martin.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the fate of Mr Martin is in the hands of Gordon Brown.
The Daily Express says a three-minute test to diagnose prostate cancer in its early stages could save thousands of lives a year.
The Sun breaks the news that baby-faced 13-year-old Alfie Patten is not the actual father of Maisie Roxanne, a teenage pregnancy story that made headlines around the world last year.
And elsewhere...
The Washington Post quotes Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu saying he is ready to resume peace talks with the Palestinians immediately so long as any agreement is contingent on their acceptance of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.
Los Angeles Times reports a moderate earthquake that swept across southern California was felt by millions, but the region avoided any significant damage or major injuries. The quake struck on Sunday night and at least 10 aftershocks followed on Monday.
Meanwhile, Asian Observer says the leader of Sri Lanka's rebel Tamil Tigers has been killed by army troops, crushing their final resistance.
The International Herald Tribune reports that the EU foreign ministers have also condemned the "show trial" of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi by Burma's military junta.
The Washington Post reports that the US Supreme Court has ruled that Bush administration officials can not be sued over the alleged abuse of terror suspects.
Times of India says India's Congress Party has began putting together a new Cabinet amid euphoria over its definitive election victory.
Az-Zaman reports that Iraq's federal court has rules that the country's next general election will be held on January 30, a month later than expected.
According to Asahi Shimbun, Japanese health authorities have reported 135 swine flu cases and shut more than 2,000 schools and kindergartens in a bid to slow the spread of the virus that may already have infected hundreds.
La Tribune de Geneve quotes UN refugee agency saying that the number of people forced to flee fighting in northwestern Pakistan since August 2008 has exceeded the two million mark.
Manila Times reports that at least 10 people have been killed while 20 others are missing in a landslide at a gold rush site in the southern Philippines.
Variety reports that US star Woody Allen has won a five million dollar last-minute settlement over a lawsuit against US clothing giant American Apparel after the company used his image without consent in a series of adverts.
Ekstra Bladet says a lightning strike at a golf course in Denmark killed one man and injured another as horrified players looked on.
The Age reports a Melbourne mother is facing up to five years in a Thai jail after being arrested for stealing a bar mat at a bar in Phuket.
China Daily says a sex theme park that featured explicit exhibits of genitalia and sexual culture is being demolished before it can even open. The park, christened "Love Land" by its owners, went under the wrecking ball after photographs on the internet prompted widespread mockery and condemnation.
Komsomolskaya Pravda says a 34-year-old woman weighing 250 kilos has given birth to a healthy boy weighing in at a modest two kilograms after a five-hour labour that was artificially induced. Her severe obesity would normally preclude conception.
Texas Globe reports astonished US medics say there's "an overwhelming 99.999 per cent chance" that a set of 11-month-old Texan twins have been born to different fathers. Babies Justin and Jordan Washington arrived just seven minutes apart but were conceived separately because their mother Mia, 20, was cheating on her partner.