The following are the top items in the local and overseas press today:
The Sunday Times says a PN e-mail gaffe has revealed a PN gag order, with candidates refusing to disclose their election spending. In another story, it says an opinion survey shows the PL has a 10 point lead over the PN going into the European Parliament elections.
The Malta Independent on Sunday says new routes and bigger boats are expected to bring more migrants to Malta. It also says the government is asking Malta Shipyards bidders to submit new financial bids.
MaltaToday says a survey shows the PL will win an absolute majority in the European Parliament elections.
Il-Mument reports comments by the Prime Minister that thousands of Maltese young people are following EU programmes. It also reports that stipends had also been in the line of fire of (now) Labour candidate Edward Scicluna. He had last September criticised the government for refusing to touch the stipends. In another story, the newspaper says the North Korean leader, a friend of Labour who had studied in Malta, is now threatening the world with nuclear bombs.
Illum pictures Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando at Mistra and says his challenge over Mistra is continuing.
It-Torca says EP voting yesterday started late because of organizational shortcomings. It also says that ME patients are lacking assistance and support.
KullHadd says the PN president has caused an environmental scar in Bahrija.
The Press in Britain
The Sunday Telegraph carries more revelations about the MPs' expenses scandal, today featuring Labour backbencher Frank Cook who sought reimbursement of a £5 donation he made in church.
The Mail on Sunday says Tory leader David Cameron took out a maximum taxpayer-funded £75,000-mortgage and then paid off an own loan four months later.
As part of a special investigation, the Independent on Sunday claims that MPs are taking freebies as well as milking their expenses.
According to the Sunday Express, Gordon Brown is being grilled over what they describe as a "D-Day Fiasco".
As Labour slumps to third place firmly behind the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, The Sunday Times, Gordon Brown wants Ed Balls as his new Chancellor.
The Britain's Got Talent show dominates the front of the Sunday Mirror with claims that Susan Boyle, pipped to the post by the band Diversity, could still make £6m after her appearances.
The News of The World claims that Susan Boyle has a secret love.
The Observer reports on 800 Britons who are on the waiting list for a Swiss suicide clinic.
And elsewhere...
Sonntag Zeitung says the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament broke years of deadlock and opened the way to negotiate a new nuclear arms control treaty.
The Washington Post says the Obama administration suspects North Korea may be planning more long-range missile launches and warned it would respond quickly to any moves that threatened America or its Asian allies.
Il Tempo reports that Interior Ministers from the Group of Eight (G8) countries have adopted a series of proposals aimed at combating international terrorism, sea piracy, organized crime, drug cartels and illegal immigration
L'Avvenire quotes Pope Benedict telling thousands of children that he still has difficulty understanding why God had chosen him to lead the Catholic Church worldwide.
La Stampa says Silvio Berlusconi has blocked the publication of hundreds of photographs of a party attended by Noemi Letizia at his Sardinia villa last New Year's Eve. Rome prosecutors ordered the seizure of the pictures after his lawyers alleged a violation of privacy.
Dawn quotes the Pakistan military saying it has regained control of the largest town in the Swat Valley from the Taliban. It affirmed all of Mingora was now under military control, though troops were meeting small pockets of resistance on the town's outskirts.
Afghan Observer says a roadside bomb has wounded the governor of Kunduz province, while violence around the country killed 17 people.
China Daily says 25 people have died and 20 remain trapped underground after a gas leak in a mine in south west Chongqing city. There were 131 people working at the time of the accident but 86 escaped.
Paris Soir says a lone man carrying a gun stole more than €6 million worth of jewels from the Chopard jewellery house on Paris's chic Place Vendome.
Le Journal du Dimanche reports that British police have recovered a Porsche 911 belonging to a businessman suspected of beating his girlfriend to death in a Paris hotel. Ian Griffin, who has been at the centre of an international manhunt since Tuesday, is still on the run.
Sunday World reports that dozens of pilot whales beached near the storm-lashed tip of South Africa, prompting a massive rescue operation.
Sydney Morning Herald reports that the P&O cruise ship Pacific Dawn, at the centre of a major scare when three crew members tested positive to swine flu, is on its way to Sydney.
Gulf News says Saudi Arabian authorities have beheaded and crucified a man convicted of killing an 11-year-old boy and his father. Under Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islam, crucifying a headless body in a public place is seen as a way to set an example. It is estimated 35 people have been beheaded in Saudi Arabia this year, while a total of 102 were beheaded last year.