The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says the Prime Minister offered hope of hundreds of new jobs when he spoke at a PN mass meeting yesterday. It also reports in a separate story that dangerous pets are to be banned.
The Malta Independent quotes Dr Gonzi saying the PN was the architect of the future, while others were anchored in the past . It also reports how a ‘cemetery' of birds was found at Mizieb.
In-Nazzjon leads with Dr Gonzi's call to the people to have the courage to change and to succeed. It also follows-up the arrest of three Maltese for human trafficking, saying Italian investigations had been going on for 18 months.
l-orizzont highlights a call by Labour leader Joseph Muscat for parliament to immediately discuss an opposition motion on the power station extension, if the Prime Minister was sure of the stability of the government.
The Press in Britain...
The Guardian says President Obama has demanded the Pentagon conduct a radical review of US nuclear weapons doctrine to prepare the way for deep cuts in the arsenal.
According to the Financial Times, the fall in output during the recession has led to a cut in greenhouse gases.
Metro reports teachers unions were united in opposing plans to cut school spending by more than £2 billion.
The Independent says Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is turning the heat on the super-rich, revealing plans to hit owners of million-pound houses in the pocket in a revamped tax system.
The Daily Telegraph leads on a study by business leaders and universities that says middle class students should pay higher tuition fees.
The Times also reports that students face paying higher interest rates on their loans even if tuition fees go up.
The Daily Mail reports that drunken behaviour is raging unchecked because offenders are escaping with a just "slap on the wrist".
The Sun leads with the arrest of Nicholas Hewitt Birtles, the son of former health secretary Patricia Hewitt, who was charged with possessing cocaine.
The Daily Express reports that furious Strictly Come Dancing fans want new judge Alesha Dixon sacked and Arlene Phillips brought back.
But, according to the Daily Mirror, Alesha Dixon says she will not quit.
The Daily Star reports Kate Price, aka Jordan, fears she will be attacked by a hate mob.
And elsewhere...
Al-Quds al-Arabi says Taliban leader Mullah Omar, in hiding for eight years, says victory is near and warned Afghanistan will be a "graveyard" for foreign troops. This year more than 350 foreign troops have been killed, making it the deadliest year since the invasion on October 7, 2001.
Deutsche Welle reports there's been a fresh Islamist threat to Germany, raising new concerns that al-Qaeda-linked terrorists may be trying to scare German voters before next weekend's polls. The latest video warning came as federal police officers patrol airports, major railway stations and the key streets in the capital Berlin.
USA Today says a Colorado man, his father and an accused accomplice in New York have been arrested and charged with lying to federal agents about a plot to blow up unspecified targets in the United States. Its is claimed the 24-year-old man admitted receiving weapons and explosives training from al-Qaida in Pakistan.
Al Jazeera says Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants and wounded three in an incident along the Gaza border. They were hit by tank fire. The Israeli military said a border patrol fired at a group of Palestinians seen planting a bomb at the Gaza border fence. It did not elaborate.
Abrar quotes Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei denying Western claims that Iran intends to develop nuclear arms. In what is seen as the first official response to the US decision to scrap a European missile shield, he said the US knew it was "wrong" when it asserted that Tehran was pursuing a covert nuclear bomb.
The Washington Post reports that South Korea's top nuclear envoy is in the US for talks on how to convince North Korea to return to stalled international disarmament negotiations. Wi Sung-lac said his trip would focus on possible direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang as a way to resume broader six-nation nuclear talks involving the two Koreas, the US, China, Russia and Japan.
According to El Pais, the Spanish navy has joined the search for dozens of African migrants missing after their boat capsized near the coastline of the Spanish island Perejil, west of Ceuta. Eleven migrants have been found alive so far out of a possible 40 to 60 trying to reach the Spanish coast. Eight bodies have been recovered.
El Universal reports that 14 new violent deaths over the weekend in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez has pushed the homicide rate to an unprecedented 1,701 murders, breaking last year's record level of 1,653 murders.
Al Thawra says the Yemeni army has killed more than 140 Shiite rebels during fierce fighting in the rugged mountainous city of Saada in the north. The fighting erupted after the rebels rejected a truce offered by the government.
Ohio Post reports a federal court has temporarily stopped a second attempt to execute a prisoner by lethal injection. Romell Broom, who is convicted of rape and murder, has had his death postponed after officials at his Ohio jail could not find a vein during the first attempt.
Florida Gazette says a mother and her five children have been found murdered at their home in Florida. Authorities are searching for the woman's 33-year-old husband who has a history of violence.
The Times of India said a father in a village in West Bengal gave away his 18-year-old daughter to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game. The police have launched a hunt to retrieve the protesting girl who was dragged by the victorious man out of the village.
A study published in Nature Neuroscience says paralysed rats whose spinal cords had been severed from their brains were made to run again using a technique that scientists say can work for humans.