The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times leads with a new arraignment in the 2001 case of Rachel Bowdler who died of a drug overdose.
The Malta Independent says offers for the ship repair facilities at Malta Shipyards were for a paltry $5 million. It also quotes the MUT saying teachers had been deceived during 2007 talks on a collective agreement.
MaltaToday claims an aide of Simon Busuttil was behind a survey of voting intentions that showed Labour to be 10 points ahead of the PN.
l-orizzont says Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando has said that Simon Busuttil's first interest was personal, not the party's, because he had refused to take up an offer to be PN general secretary. It also says that Social Policy Minister John Dalli confirmed that Freeport workers suspended during industrial action should be paid.
In-Nazzjon quotes the Prime Minister saying the PL was showing it lacked substance. It also quotes the Icelandic Prime Minister expressing regret that his country had not joined the EU and adopted the euro.
The Press in Britain
Most newspapers feature the disappearance of the Air France airbus over the Atlantic with 228 passengers on board - four hours into its 11-hour voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
The Daily Express says the aircraft vanished into thin air during a heavy storm. If all 228 were killed, it would be the deadliest commercial airline disaster since 2001.
The Times says Brazil's air force is sending special aircraft fitted with electronic sensors to continue its search. Five Britons and three Irishmen are among 228 feared dead.
The Financial Times also focuses on Alistair Darling's expenses apology and his imminent move from Chancellor.
The Daily Telegraph's expenses investigation focuses on revelations about Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon.
The Independent claims the expenses scandal has affected donations to the Conservatives, with more money pledged to fringe parties.
Susan Boyle's problems are reported on the front of the Daily Star, which claims that she has been talking to "an invisible friend".
According to the Daily Mail, Ofcom has launched an investigation into Britain's Got Talent after Susan Boyle was taken into a treatment centre suffering from exhaustion.
And elsewhere...
Al Jezeera reports extremist Jewish settler mobs have staged a violent protest, furious that Israel may bow to US pressure and raze outposts in the West Bank.
Die Welt reports that climate change is turning the oceans more acid in a trend that could endanger everything from clams to coral and be irreversible for thousands of years.
The Wall Street Journal quotes US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner saying that the global recession seemed to be losing force.
The Washington Post says US car giant General Motors has filed for bankruptcy in a move which President Barack Obama said would allow it to restructure as a "stronger and more competitive" company.
Wichita Eagle reports that a man suspected of shooting dead a well-known abortion doctor is believed to have had a history of writing pro-life online postings against the victim.
Times of India says an angry mob in the north of the country has torched a train and a station to protest against a new rail schedule that has trains skipping stops at their station.
As-Sabah reports a plague of snakes has caused panic in Iraq's southern province of Nasiriyah, biting cattle and worrying residents as poisonous reptiles flee their dens in the country's water-deprived marshes.
Kabul Press says two bomb attacks have killed four US soldiers in a NATO force helping to fight a Taliban-led insurgency in eastern Afghanistan.
Mail & Guardian says an underground fire at a mine at Velkom, in the northeast of South Africa, has killed 36 people who appeared to have been illegally mining for gold.
Variety announces the death of Danny La Rue - whose work spanned television, theatre, concerts, clubs and cabarets - after a short struggle with cancer.
USA Today reports that having the television on constantly in a household with infants and toddlers is bad for brain and language development.
Xinhua news agency quoted police in central China saying Deng Yunjiao, 21, used "excessive force" when stabbing two officials, one of them fatally, after they tried to rape her at a spa. Ms Deng has won widespread sympathy and has been deemed a heroine by the media, shocked over the brash and corrupt lifestyles of Chinese officials. Her lawyers have insisted that she killed in self-defence and should not be punished.