The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says a Magistrate admitted he was breaking the law in deciding that a woman who pleaded guilty to shoplifting should not be named because she would lose her job.
The Malta Independent says those seeking asylum is proportionately higher in Malta than anywhere else in Europe. It also reports how the AFM rescued four Arab men from a boat and says the police are investigating the claims of a bird ‘cemetery' having been found at Mizieb.
l-orizzont says the elderly are increasingly worried about their safety. At the same time, it says, the Church has started to dismantle its homes for the elderly because of cost and manpower problems.
In-Nazzjon says an Irishman is to be extradited to the US from Malta to face waste dumping charges. It also reports that Malta's film facilities were praised yesterday during the premiere of the film Agora.
The Press in Britain...
The Guardian says President Obama has turned down five requests from Gordon Brown for private meetings at the UN in New York and the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.
According to The Daily Telegraph, relations between the White House and Downing Street are at their lowest point for 20 years, mainly because of the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
The Times reports that Shirin Ebadi, the only Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, is accusing Britain of ignoring Iran's suppression of opposition parties in order to safeguard talks on Tehran's nuclear programme.
The Daily Star reports Madeleine McCann's parents have returned to Portugal and revealed their fresh hopes of finding their missing daughter.
The Daily Mirror quotes Kate McCann saying she would never give up searching for her missing daughter.
The Daily Express says scientists are hailing a new treatment for skin cancer as "simply spectacular" after it shrank tumours at a "rapid and dramatic rate" during drugs trials.
The Independent compares the war in Afghanistan with that in Vietnam 41 years ago, asking whether America has reached the turning point.
The Daily Mail reports on a soldier who was severely wounded in a Taliban attack five weeks ago but turned up for the funeral of a comrade fatally wounded while fighting alongside him.
And elsewhere...
The international media is dominated by political speeches from world political heavyweights at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York.
The New York Times says President Obama has hit back at critics who blame America for the world's ills - nuclear proliferation, war, climate change and economic crisis - and demanded other countries join his efforts to solve them. On the Middle East, Mr Obama said the US did not view continued Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as legitimate.
The New York Daily News reports Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's scathing attack on the UN Security Council, calling it the "terror council". Tossing aside a copy of the UN Charter, he said the world body had allowed 65 wars to take place since its inception in 1945 and should be reformed. He also asked the West to pay Africa some €5.3 trillion in compensation for colonisation.
The New York Observer points out that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown re-wrote the opening of his speech to defend the founding principles of the UN. He said, "I stand here to reaffirm the United Nations Charter, not to tear it up. I call on every nation here to support its universal principles."
The New York Post reports that relatives of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, in which 270 people died, protested outside the UN building at Col. Gaddafi's appearance. They were joined by those affected by the September 11 attacks in New York and family members of victims of IRA violence in Northern Ireland.
The New York Press says Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke of his country's commitment to participate in building durable peace and security worldwide for all nations while defending the country's legitimate and legal rights. This appeared to be a reference to Iran's nuclear programme which was not mentioned in his speech, during which many delegations walked out.
USA Today reports Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has opened the door to seeking new international sanctions if Iran refuses to restrain its nuclear ambitions. Meeting with Mr Obama's chief Russia adviser Mike McFaul, he said sanctions rarely lead to productive results but in some cases were inevitable.
The Sydney Morning Herald leads with the pall of red dust which clogged the skies over a vast swath of eastern Australia, diverting international flights, disrupting public transport and prompting a spike in emergency calls from people suffering breathing difficulties. No-one was reported hurt.
The Times of India says at least 20 people were killed when a chimney caved in at a thermal power plant under construction in central India. Between 60 and 70 more workers could still be trapped under the debris.
Ultima Hora reports that a Spanish judge expelled a Muslim woman wearing a burka from his court for refusing to show her face when testifying in the trial of a group of Islamic extremists. But later, a compromise was reached: she would testify on Tuesday without the part which normally covers the face "between the chin and the eyebrows" and with her back turned to the public and journalists.
Jakarta Post says an Indonesian woman has given birth to a baby boy weighing 8.7kg (19.2 lb). A doctor said this was the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country.
The daughter of The Mamas & The Papas singer John Phillips has said her late father raped her as a teen before the two later had a consensual incestuous relationship.