The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Times leads with the revocation, yesterday, of the last permit granted to Victor Scerri for a building in Bahrija Valley. It says Dr Scerri will press on with his application. It also reports that the Lockerbie bomber may be out from prison next week.
The Malta Independent focuses on the Mepa decision and developments on the Lockerbie bombing. It also carries a picture of the Tritons fountain clean-up.
In-Nazzjon also features the Mepa decision on Bahrija. In other stories, it reports that 58 percent of candidates passed their Junior Lyceum exams and the pass rate reached a record this year. It also says 260 comapnies have applied for co-financing from EU programmes.
l-orizzont, in its series on the Delimara power station extension, focuses on problems Malta will have for the disposal of waste.
The Press in Britain…
With promising economic figures coming out of France and Germany, the Financial Times says the eurozone may be showing the green shoots of recovery.
As share prices hit a new high and Europe starts an economic bloom, the Daily Express quotes experts claiming that recession in the UK is over.
The Times reports outrage in the US and UK at plans to release one of the Libyan Lockerbie plane bombers responsible for the deaths of 270 people.
Scotland's The Herald says that relatives of victims of the Lockerbie tragedy are calling for a public inquiry because of fears Scots justice will escape scrutiny.
Metro claims suspected criminals are being handed customer satisfaction forms to check whether the time they spent in a cell was cosy enough.
According to The Daily Telegraph, healthy children and pensioners will not be among the 11 million citizens entitled to a swine flu jab.
Meanwhile, the Daily Mail says babies will get the swine flu jab even though it hasn't been tested safe on children under three.
Hot on the heels of MP Alan Duncan's unguarded remarks on politicians' pay, The Guardian reports Tory leader David Cameron is planning to slash salaries if the Tories win the election – a move which has caused alarm among senior colleagues.
The Independent claims that a UK military contractor accused of shooting dead two colleagues in Iraq was hired despite having a long history of psychiatric illness. The Daily Record reveals doctors have carried out abortions on almost 100 Scots girls aged just 12 and 13.
According to the Daily Mirror, Katie Price, aka Jordan, thought husband Peter Andre was joking when he announced they were splitting.
The Daily Star continues to chronicle Jordan's progress after her split from Peter Andre.
The Sun says Spurs star David Bentley was nabbed by police after crashing his car in a suspected drink-driving accident.
And elsewhere…
Börzen Zeitung quotes latest statistics which show that the economies of Germany and France have come through the recession with both countries registering a growth of 0.3 per cent in the second quarter of this year.
The New York Times reports that the UN Security Council expressed only "serious concern" about the extended detention of Suu Kyi after China urged the world body to respect Burma's judicial sovereignty.
The Times of India reports that eight people, including a state politician, have been given life sentences for the murder of a former minister in India following a decade-long trial.
Russia Today quotes Mikhail Voitenko, editor of Russia's Sovfracht maritime bulletin, suggesting the Maltese-flagged Arctic Sea is carrying a secret cargo and not just £1 million-worth of sawn timber from Finland to Algeria. Russia's navy fleet and two nuclear submarines have been scrambled as efforts intensified to locate the vessel and its 15-strong Russian crew. Its last known radio contact was with British Coastguards.
Al Jazeera gives prominence to a new report by Human Rights Watch alleging Israeli soldiers killed 11 unarmed Palestinian civilians, including five women and four children, who were carrying white flags in shooting incidents during Israel's offensive in Gaza earlier this year. In a reaction, The Jerusalem Post quotes Israeli government officials say Israeli soldiers did not deliberately target civilians but non-combatants were killed because Hamas militants took cover, fired rockets and stored ammunition in crowded residential areas.
The New York Times announces the death of Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multi-track recording. Paul, 94, died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital, New York, with his family and friends by his side.
Corriere della Sera reports Italy's record-breaking state lottery has once again disappointed millions of Italians as well as foreigners who had crossed the border to join the hunt for the rising jackpot. No one guessed the winning six-number combination of the Superenalotto and the highest prize ever offered by the Italian lottery grew to €135.9 million.