The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says the sixth seat in the European Parliament elections is still in the balance. It also reports the announcement by AD chairman Arnold Cassola that he will step down. In a third story, it reports that UK police are seeking a Maltese woman for questioning over a murder.
The Malta Independent leads with the vote-counting process and says that Labour's Joseph Cuschieri and Marlene Mizzi are locked in battle for the PL's third seat.
l-orizzont says official results have confirmed the PL victory at last Saturday's EP elections, with the party winning 55% of the vote.
In-Nazzjon says Simon Busuttil was elected with an increase in his personal votes, but the runner-up is still not known. It quotes Dr Busuttil saying the result of the election needs careful analysis. The newspaper also reports that the centre right won most seats in the EP elections across Europe
The Press in Britain
The Times says it was Gordon Brown's humility that saved him from Labour rebels, after he promised to change the way he governs the party.
Calling him "First among equals", Metro says a "humbled" Prime Minister gave the speech of his life to thwart a growing rebellion from within the Labour Party.
The Financial Times says Brown routed an attempted coup to remove him from No.10, as party heavyweights rallied behind him.
According to The Sun, Brown is not out of the woods yet, despite heading off a revolt by Labour dissenters.
The Guardian says it was "Brown's Great Escape".
The Independent predicts Alan Johnson would deny David Cameron an overall Tory majority at the next general election if Labour ditched Gordon Brown and installed him as Labour leader.
The Daily Telegraph says the plot failed "after allegations of intimidation of MPs".
The Daily Express labels MPs cowards after they failed to force Brown to quit.
The Daily Star says the PM has stuck two fingers up to the voters.
The Daily Mail says it took a decade of despair and determination by the brave families of those killed in the Omagh bombing to finally won justice for their loved ones.
The Herald says the relatives of the Omagh bomb victims won £1.6 million in damages after four alleged IRA republicans were found responsible for the atrocity.
The Daily Mirror reports on the stabbing of 21-year-old mum-to-be Claire Wilson in Grimsby and shows grief-stricken Adam Kennard kneels at the spot where his dreams died at the point of a maniac's knife.
And elsewhere...
EU Observer reports that, with counting in the 27 EU member states in European Parliament elections almost complete, right-leaning parties have secured the most seats in the after a low-turnout election that saw voters punish Europe's divided left.
O Globo confirms that boats searching the Atlantic Ocean have recovered 24 bodies from the Air France flight that crashed eight days ago.
Al Jazeera quotes Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah acknowledging that his opposition alliance had lost a parliamentary election in Lebanon to the ruling March 14 coalition
New Straits Times quotes IATA experts meeting in Kuala Lumpur predicting the world's airlines are to lose some US $9 billion this year due to the effects of the financial crisis on air travel.
Afghan Times reports British soldiers have seized a large cache of drugs, chemicals and weapons in night raids on Taliban drugs factories in Afghanistan.
L'Union announces the death of President Omar Bongo of Gabon, the world's longest-serving president after a 42-year rule. He died of cardiac arrest in a Barcelona hospital, here he was admitted to hospital last month.
Ekstra Bladet reports that the Danes have voted to put princesses on an equal footing with princes in the royal line of succession.
The New York Times says an 11-year-old waiting to line up for his baseball team photo was shot in the head, despite his family thinking he'd been hit by a ball. Devante Kelly was in a stable condition at Brookdale University Hospital, after doctors removed the bullet, which lodged between the boy's skin and skull. He is expected to recover.