The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
All the local newspapers lead with the MEPA reform announced yesterday.
The Times says the Prime Minister is seeking a magical balance.
The Malta Independent reports that the four pillars of the reform are efficiency, accountability, transparency and enforcement.
L-orizzont says Dr Gonzi has said he wants zero tolerance on building outside development zones.
In-Nazzjon says the reform aims to make MEPA more sensitive to the people's needs.
In other stories, The Times says a toddler has contracted swine flu. The Malta Independent reports that the Pharmacy of Your Choice Scheme is not proving effective. In-Nazzjon and l-orizzont also report there have been five more swine flu cases while 11 patients have recovered.
The Press in Britain...
The Daily Express says the death toll from Britain's swine flu outbreak has doubled in the past week.
The Times claims a leaked memo from the health service warns that emergency plans for dealing with a predicted surge in swine flu are "muddled and contradictory".
The Guardian reports News International is facing three fresh inquiries into the conduct of its journalists.
The Daily Telegraph says more than a dozen high-profile figures are considering legal action against the News of the World over allegations their phones were tapped illegally.
Meanwhile, Metro quotes the publisher of the News of the World defending its journalists and saying it would not "shirk from vigorously defending our right and proper role to expose wrongdoing".
The Daily Mail leads with the "Tale Of Two Boy Soldiers". It tells the story of one being injured in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan and the other being killed in the same incident.
The Sun leads with the story of a teacher who is being held on suspicion of the attempted murder of a pupil at a school in Mansfield.
The Daily Star claims to have a picture of "Jacko kids' real mum and dad". The paper alleges they are Debbie Rowe and doctor Arnold Klein.
And elsewhere...
Environmental Daily says leaders of the world's biggest emitters of carbon dioxide - including for the first time America, China and India - have agreed to seek measures to limit global warming to 20C.
Meanwhile, Le Monde quotes French President Nicolas Sarkozy saying that G-8 leaders have laid down the gauntlet to Iran by setting a September deadline for the Islamic Republic to accept negotiations over its nuclear ambitions or else face tougher sanctions.
The People's Daily reports that leaders of China's ruling Communist Party have held talks over the Urumqi ethnic violence that left 156 dead. The nine-man Politburo called the riots a "severe violent criminal event" and said overseas forces were behind them.
China Daily says a moderate earthquake rocked south-west China, injuring at least 336 people and collapsing 10,000 homes. The quake, which had a magnitude of 6 on the Richter scale, was followed by eight aftershocks.
Afghan Daily reports that a massive bomb has killed 25 people, including 13 primary school pupils, in central Afghanistan. Another bombing in the south killed two American troops.
And in Iraq, Az-Zaman says two suicide bombers have killed at least 34 people and injured 70 in an attack on the home of an anti-terrorism officer in the north. Three roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven others.
The New York Times quotes a UN report revealing that women in Afghanistan are facing increasing violence almost eight years after the fall of the Taliban.
Times of India claims that at least 86 people, mostly poor workers living in slums, have died after drinking tainted home-brewed alcohol in Ahmadabad, the main city in Gujarat state. Some 140 others are being treated in four hospitals.
The International Herald Tribune reports that a survey among 4,500 hotel owners around the world reveals that French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant. The Japanese ranked top of the Best Tourist survey, with the British and the Germans judged the best of the Europeans.
The New York Post reports from Denver that a new airline is starting up in Colorado just for dogs and cats. Pet Airways will start offering flights across the country next week, where pets will travel in their own carriers in the main cabin, not in the cargo hold as with most airlines. But owners aren't allowed on board and must fly separately. All flights for the first six weeks are sold out