The following are the top stories in the local and international press today:
The Sunday Times reports the pro-vicar criticising Mgr Charles Vella on divorce. In another story it says that the tuna trade contributes €100 million to the local economy.
The Malta Independent on Sunday says that the European Commission wants Joe Borg as Malta’s Commissioner and that noise mapping is still over a year away and three years late.
Malta Today says that Labour wants answers on police brutality reports.
Illum reports that a vessel with 80 immigrants on board has been spotted by the AFM. It says that Malta Dairy Products denied claims about confiscated ricotta. Another case about a Malta tender
It-Torca reports about an “inhuman scandal” by the Italians. In another story it says there was a whole web of corruption in taxes.
Il-Mument says that the AFM maritime squad was satisfied that the government trusted them completely in their work. It reports wide consensus on the Malta government’s position regarding its search and rescue area.
Kullhadd says that a housing project in Gozo has been suspended. It says that a company owned by the chairman of the Malta Tourism Authority qualified for an MTA subsidy.
The Press in Britain…
The Sunday Times leads on the release of the Lockerbie bomber, and says the British government decided it was in the "overwhelming interests" of the UK to allow him to return to Libya.
Meanwhile, Scotland on Sunday reports Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill was facing further claims he acted against official guidelines over his decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.
The Sunday Telegraph claims MPs are using an official inquiry to assert they were victims of the expenses scandal, rather than offenders.
The Observer reports on Gordon Brown's visit to Afghanistan, and says his new strategy includes a controversial reconciliation process with the Taliban.
The News of the World has what it claims is the first picture of Jaycee Lee Dugard's two daughters after their mother was found following her lengthy disappearance.
The Sunday Express says a record number of British children are being treated in hospital for weight problems
The Independent on Sunday warns of another impending famine in Ethiopia, 25 years after more than a million people died of hunger there.
The Sunday People reports Kerry Katona sobbed over her cocaine shame.
The Sunday Mirror reveals goodbye letters from Michael Jackson's children will be placed inside his coffin.
And elsewhere…
The New York Times quotes a member of the US House of Representatives revealing he had been given assurances from the Libyan government that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi would not stay in New Jersey when he visits the United States next month to address the UN General Assembly.
In an interview with Scotland’s The Herald, Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi has backed calls for a public inquiry into the atrocity.
World Health Organisation Director General Margaret Chan has told Le Monde that swine flu is spreading four times faster than other viruses and 40 per cent of the fatalities are young adults in good health.
Deutsche Welle reports some 6.2 million voters will be called to the polls today in the ex-communist eastern states of Saxony and Thuringia and the western state of Saarland.
Asahi Shimbun says polling booths have opened for Japan's election, with the untested opposition Democratic Party tipped in opinion polls to win a huge victory over the long-ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party.
Afghan Times says President Hamid Karzai has pulled further ahead of his main rival in the race for the Afghan presidency.
The Boston Globe says President Barack Obama, three former presidents and the nation's elite paid a final tribute to Edward Kennedy, mourning the loss of a senator who made an indelible impact on US life over 47 years in Congress.
California Globe reveals that a dossier of failures by authorities during Jaycee Lee Dugard's 18-year ordeal at the hands of her captors has continued to emerge.
Asia Observer says Cuba has filed a formal protest against diplomats from five EU countries who visited the home in Havana of prominent Cuban dissident and physician Darsi Ferrer to bring his wife food, clothing and other donations.
In Australia, The Sunday Telegraph reports the New South Wales State Government is asking people to reveal how many sexual partners they've had in a new campaign against sexually transmitted disease.
The Herald Sun reports that the price of alcohol and cigarettes would rise and glitzy marketing campaigns pitched at teenagers would be curbed under a radical Federal Government blueprint to make Australians healthier and leaner.