The following are the top items in the Maltese and overseas press:
Most of the newspapers lead with the unveiling of Renzo Piano's plans for Valletta yesterday. The Sunday Times plays with Benjamin Disraeli's saying 'A City by Gentlemen for Gentlemen', saying these are plans for the city by a gentleman. The Malta Independent says Valletta is being given back its dignity. Il-Mument says the plans are about dignity and pride. It-Torca says this is the second version of Piano's plans for Valletta.
In other stories, The Malta Independent reports that a Russian decision to take back Russian children who were being fostered in Malta has irked the Maltese government. The decision was taken after the death of a 16-year-old boy in Grand Harbour earlier this year.
MaltaToday speaks of fury within the PN, saying that activists are for the first time admitting that Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has lost control of his ministers. It also says Enemalta chairman Alex Tranter may have a conflict of interest. because of his connection to a company involved in the extension of the Delimara power station.
It-Torca says the health authorities still have no plans to counter cervical cancer.
Il-Mument quotes PN General Secretary Paul Borg Olivier saying the PN must continue to offer solutions and a vision for the country.
KullHadd names an intermediary who, it says, gave information to a company which won the tender for the power station extension. It also says that MEP Simon Busuttil was insulted by a Ntaionalist MP before one of the meetingsof the PN Parliamentary group.
Illum focuses on the millions of euro spent on early retirement schemes at Malta Shipyards, and says millions are also being spent to bring back some of the workers. It also says migrants have less incentive to leave Malta.
The Press in Britain
The Sunday Express warns fortune hunters will "crawl from the woodwork" to try and claim paternity and get what's left of the King of Pop's cash.
The News of the World claims a close relative of Michael rang his children's nanny just hours after his death asking where he had hidden money.
According to the Sunday Mirror, Michael Jackson's doctor plunged a needle into the star's chest to try and revive him.
The Daily Star Sunday focuses on Jacko's children, quoting them as saying that they miss him already.
The Observer writes Michael Jackson's family are understood to have asked for a second autopsy.
The Mail on Sunday claims Michael Jackson's family hired a doctor and coach that would stay with him constantly when he came to Britain, to try to wean him off drugs. The Independent on Sunday speculates whether or not Andy Murray has what it takes to win Wimbledon and reports the UK is failing to hit environmental targets.
The Sunday Telegraph reveals details of how much some MPs earn from their second jobs.
And elsewhere...
Korrieri says Albania's general election today is being seen as a test of the country's democratic credentials if it is to move further towards European Union integration.
The Washington Times reports that the World Bank has approved a pilot plan for a canal linking the Red Sea to the rapidly shrinking Dead Sea. The initial proposal, for which the bank will provide €890 million, is for a 180km channel to transport 200 cubic metres of water, of which half would gush into the Dead Sea and half would feed a giant desalination plant jointly run by Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.
Deutsche Welle says the Society of St Pius X, a controversial ultra-conservative Catholic group, has ordained three new priests despite being warned by German bishops and the Vatican that the move would be considered illegitimate.
An-Nahar announces the appointment of Saad Hariri, who heads the Sunni Future movement and is the son of a slain billionaire, as Lebanon's new Prime Minister. Mr Hariri was proposed by 86 of Lebanon's 128 deputies.
Abrar reports that President Ahmadinejad has pledged a "crushing" response to continued US condemnation of his nation's crackdown on post-election protests. He said President Obama's criticism revealed his insincerity about improving relations. Meanwhile, Amnesty International claims more than 20 Iranian journalists are among the hundreds of people being imprisoned in Tehran as part of the violent post-election crackdown.
Az-Zaman says that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has attempted to ease concerns that a wave of violence would follow the pullback of US combat troops from cities and major towns next Tuesday. More than 250 people have been killed in a series of attacks in recent days.
Xinhua news agency says five officials in central China have been sacked and five other people arrested over a scam involving a lottery for apartments. Authorities grew suspicious when six consecutive numbers won. The chances of that happening were one out of a thousand trillion. The suspects allegedly took nearly €105,000 to fix the lottery.
Corriere della Sera reports that nine former SS soldiers, now aged between 84 and 90, have been sentenced to life imprisonment in their absence by a Rome military tribunal for the massacres of 350 civilians in Tuscany in 1944. Germany was also condemned as a civil party to the crimes and ordered to pay €1.25 million to the families of the victims.
Pravda says the United States and Russia will sign a military cooperation agreement when President Barack Obama visits Moscow next month. The announcement reflects warming ties between Moscow and Washington
China Daily reports that a hospital in central China is under investigation for dumping eight bodies at a construction site after being unable to locate the relatives of the dead. The bodies of two adults and six aborted foetuses were found earlier this week in shallow graves at a building site in the city of Xiangfan in Hubei province.
El Universal says Mexico's and Chile's leaders have stressed an "urgent" need for developing countries to find a vaccine against swine flu that has killed more than 200 people and infected tens of thousands worldwide.
National Enquirer magazine says actor Patrick Swayze has started saying goodbye to family and friends after learning his cancer has spread to his liver. The "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost star", who in January was told he had pancreatic cancer, has started preparing himself for death. A source told the magazine that Swayze, 56, told Lisa, his wife of 33 years, and his brother Donny that he doesn't have long to live.