The following are the top stories in the local and international press today:
The Sunday Times leads with a story on the immigrants who on Thursday landed in Lampedusa quoting Brigadier Carmel Vassallo saying there was no evidence that there had been other immigrants with the five found close to Lampedusa. Another story quotes the government saying that Malta had no connection with the Lockerbie explosion.
The Malta Independent on Sunday says that a successful Malta Environment and Planning Authority reform could lead to the promotion of Parliamentary Secretary Mario de Marco. In another story it quotes Foreign Minister Tonio Borg saying it was unfair to blame Malta and Italy for the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean. It also says that resistance to antibiotics was in Malta among the highest in Europe.
The Malta Today says that policemen were caught lying about allegations they did not treat some people well. In another it says that Dr Borg and Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici were excluding the reduction of Malta's SAR zone.
Il-Mument says that the AFM stayed with the Eritrean immigrants until the Italians arrived and that Malta does not accept was not ceding any of its SAR zone. It has a story on EU training for the Civil Protection Department and reports that it has been a year since there was the "earthquake" warning in the Labour Party.
It-Torca says that the mix of Catholic cult with that of the times of the temples was magical and unique to Malta. It says that school holidays are not going to be longer because of the AH1N1 flu. It has another story on tax abuse.
Kullhadd lead with a story on MP Franco Debono and another claiming that Parliamentary Secretrary Chris Said's friend was getting €81,000.
Llum questions whether Manuel Mallia would be the next AFM president.
Press in Britain...
The Observer claims British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had discussed with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi detailed conditions for the Lockerbie bomber's return to Tripoli nearly six weeks ago. Labour backbenchers say the economic backlash from angry Americans could "cost our country dear".
The Sunday Telegraph has obtained transcripts of a conversation between Colonel Gaddafi and the Abdel-baset Ali Mohmed al Megahi which suggests the release of the man found guilty of the Pan Am bombing was connected to British trade interests. "You were on the table in all commercial, oil and gas agreements that we supervised in that period," the Libyan leader is alleged to have told Megrahi.
Scotland on Sunday reports that the Scottish Government has defended itself against a blistering attack by the director of the FBI on its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.
The Sunday Herald says the US crime agency chief Robert Mueller accused justice secretary Mr MacAskill of making a mockery of the law and giving comfort to terrorists.
The Sunday Times reports that foreign criminals are trafficking children as young as three months old into Britain and using them to defraud the benefits system of millions of pounds.
The Mail on Sunday reports thet Labour's summer truce over Gordon Brown's leadership was at breaking point.
The Independent on Sunday claims secret plans to reintroduce fox hunting have been drawn up with the backing of senior Conservatives.
The Sunday Express says taxpayers are being forced to underwrite the generous final-salary pensions of thousands of failed bankers.
The News of the World reports that Kerry Katona has broken down and confessed illegal cocaine binges are killing her.
The Sunday Mirror quotes her saying: "I have let my children down."
According to the Daily Star Sunday, every household in the UK will pay an extra £257 towards the EU next year.
And elsewhere...
The New York Times reports that Democratic Senator Charles Schumer has urged the US ambassador to the UN to introduce a resolution condemning Libya's welcome home celebration for Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and asking for an apology.
Afghan Times quotes the chief EU election observer saying Afghanistan's elections on Thursday were generally good and fair, but not free in some parts of the country due to violence and intimidation.
The New York Times reports that the US military has begun to share with the International Committee of the Red Cross the identities of militants held in secret camps in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Washington Post reports CIA interrogators used a handgun and an electric drill to try to frighten a captured Al-Qaeda commander into giving up information.
Yonhap news agency says North Korean envoys have called for an improvement in inter-Korean ties as the South confirmed the group will meet its leader in the highest-level talks between the neighbours in years.
Kathimerini says dozens of wildfires broke out across Greece, cutting off villages and sending residents fleeing.
Aviation World says the EU has taken a stand against large global airlines by publishing a list of nearly 4,000 companies that must reduce their impact on the atmosphere or face a European airport ban.
Kentucky Times reports hundreds of prisoners had to be moved after rioting inmates set fire to a the medium-security jail, 30 miles south of Lexington. Firefighters have now extinguished the fires.
Le Parisien says the family of a French flight attendant who died in the Air France plane crash over the Atlantic is suing the company to force it to release information on what caused the tragedy.
Il Tempo says Italy's record €146.9 million state lottery has been won.
New Europe says holidaymakers have been warned they could be fined thousands of pounds for buying fake designer gear - sunglasses, sports gear, handbags and watches - when they go abroad.
Nebraska Post reports that a man who stole a painting of the Virgin Mary to finance an abortion for a teenager he raped has been convicted of first-degree sexual assault and felony theft and faces up to 70 years in prison.