The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:

The Times reports that a man plans to institute legal action after having been fined for parking within a parking scheme in Pieta'. It also reports that a Mosta man has been charged with double attempted murder following a shooting on Saturday.

The Malta Independent leads with the same story on the arraignment. It also reports that five people were injured in incidents yesterday.

l-orizzont continues its stories on the Delimara power station extension, saying the new extension would have a short life. It also quotes Finance Minister Tonio Fenech saying in a separate story that Malta would be out of the recession within a year, In a third story, it asks if the Bahrija building permit will be withdrawn.

In-Nazzjon also highlights the arraignment of a man accused of double attempted murder. In other stories, it reports how a man was injured when he tried to stop a runaway hi-up yesterday.

The Press in Britain...

The Daily Express leads with pioneering eye treatment that could reverse the most common causes of blindness - giving hope to 77 million people around the world.

The Daily Mirror says British tourists have vowed not to let the threat of more bomb attacks on Majorca ruin their holidays.

The Daily Mail quotes new figures that show 1,500 requests were made last year for officials to spy on phone records and email accounts.

The Daily Telegraph has learnt that MPs plan to use taxpayers' money to help fund their own child care arrangements.

The Guardian reports that almost 500 children were abducted from the UK and taken abroad illegally last year.

The Times focuses on a British security guard in Baghdad who faces the death penalty if convicted of killing two of his colleagues and injuring another in a reported alcohol-fuelled rampage.

Metro says more than 1,000 police officers, who used their work credit cards for personal spending, have been given an amnesty.

The Sun reveals a doctor who the Government tried to deport is working in an NHS casualty ward.

The Daily Star claims Jordan plans to take a lie test to prove she did not cheat on Peter Andre, after reportedly being furious over his growing public support.

And elsewhere...

Asia Observer reports around a million people have been evacuated as v typhoon Morakot slammed into China's eastern coast.

El Pais says a small bomb exploded in a restaurant on the island of Majorca. No one injured as the restaurant was evacuated after a taxi company in the Basque region had received warnings in two phone calls from a person claiming to represent the Basque separatist group. ETA had earlier published a statement claiming responsibility for four other bombings that killed three people and injured dozens this summer.

The New York Times reports that 50 alleged Afghan drug traffickers with suspected ties to the Taliban have been placed on a Pentagon list of people targeted for elimination.

Iran News quotes Yadollah Javani, a senior general of the Iranian revolutionary guards, urging the government to try opposition leaders for having planned a coup against the Islamic establishment following the June re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Jurnal de Chisinau reports that four pro-Europe parties in Moldova have announced they had formed a new coalition following last month's elections. The alliance, which controls 53 seats in the 101-member parliament, has named better relations with the EU, fighting corruption, a free and open media, and pulling Moldova's economy out of a deep recession as top priorities.

La Tribuna says Honduras' interim president Roberto Micheletti has said the country was embarking on a new effort to overcome diplomatic isolation after the June 28 coup.

In the US, People magazine quotes sources "very close'' to Michael Jackson's family denying claims by former child actor Mark Lester that he could be the biological father of the singer's daughter Paris

Asia Times says a groom in China's Jilin province tried to break a world record by giving his bride a special gown with a 1.2-mile-long train. The accessory, which included 9,999 red silk roses, took the bridal party more than three hours to unfurl. The groom and bride are looking to beat the current world record set by a Romanian bride who had a train just under a mile.