The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press. John Dalli's nomination as European Commissioner dominates the local newspapers.
The Times says that Mr Dalli, who had contested the PN leadership election five years ago, is to serve in Brussels as European Commissioner. It also reports that MEPs want recognition of same-sex marriages across the EU.
The Malta Independent says Mr Dalli's departure opens the way for a Cabinet reshuffle. It also says that SR Technics, which is to set up an aircraft maintenance plant in Malta, has just closed its facilities in Dublin leaving a €26m deficit in the workers' pension fund.
l-orizzont says John Dalli has been kicked upstairs, but the Prime Minister has paid a bitter price in having to sacrifice Joe Borg, who had sought re-appointment as European Commissioner, and Richard Cachia Caruana, who had also sought the nomination. The newspaper also reports that unemployment rose by close to 1,000 last month, compared to October 2008.
In-Nazzjon says Mr Dalli thanked the Prime Minister and the Cabinet for the confidence shown in him. It says the verdict in the trial of former Chief Justice Noel Arrigo is to be given today.
The Press in Britain...
The Daily Mirror says police are guarding the Duchess of York after an ex-aide, who was jailed for murder in 2001, escaped from an open prison.
The Guardian focuses on the Iraq war inquiry which opens today in London with ex-PM Tony Blair among those due to give evidence.
The Independent has a full-page picture of a British solider holding some Iraqi men captive in 2004 - and asks if British troops broke Geneva conventions.
The Daily Mail claims bowel cancer sufferers are to be denied a life-prolonging drug called Avastin, even though it is available to patients in Europe.
The Times says the police are routinely arresting people just to record their DNA profiles on the national database.
The Daily Express reveals David Beckham suffers from asthma.
Metro's says a policeman was jailed for life after admitting bludgeoning his police constable fiancée to death with a hammer, then sitting her in a car and driving it into a hedge, just hours before they were due to fly to St Lucia for their wedding.
The Daily Record says a doctor forced a holiday flight to make an emergency stop to save a little girl's life.
The Scotsman reports a great-grandmother of 85 has launched a legal bid to block Donald Trump's Menie Estate golf course plan.
And elsewhere...
Israel TV reports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is proposing a 10-month freeze in construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The report said the freeze would not apply to Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, which the Palestinians claim as their capital.
Manila Standard says gunmen kidnapped and killed at least 21 people in the southern Philippines, apparently in a bid to prevent one of them filing her husband's nomination for elections next year.
Environment Today quotes a joint UN Development Programme and World Health Organisation report saying two billion people lack modern fuels used for cooking or heating their homes, and said 1.2 billion more people live entirely without electricity.
Ad Dustour announced Jordan's Queen Rania and Princess Haya have joined the latest "climate allies" who have signed up to an international campaign calling for a fair, deal to tackle global warming to be agreed in Copenhagen in December. The queen has warned of the human impact of climate change.
Corriere della Sera reports an Italian air force transport plane on a training flight has crashed onto train tracks near a military airport in the Tuscan city of Pisa, killing its five-member crew. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Bild says a manager of a bank branch in Germany, who secretly transferred money from rich clients to heavily indebted customers has been sentenced to a 22-month suspended jail term. The 62-year-old woman, dubbed "the Robin Hood banker", was found guilty of moving a total of €7.6 million between December 2003 and February 2005, in 117 separate transfers. Her altruistic aim was to prevent clients from seeing their accounts closed for want of funds.
Budapest Sun says Hungarian authorities have warned men dressing as Father Christmas to get a flu jab before delivering gifts to children this year, especially if they are elderly, overweight or chronically ill. They have been warned to avoid kissing children or shaking their hands to stop the illness spreading.
Meanwhile, The International Herald Tribune reports many of America's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine. The Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas has urged its members to use hand sanitiser and take vitamins to boost their immune systems.
Afghan Times says the Obama administration announced it was giving $38.7 million (€25.8 million) to 27 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces that either reduced poppy cultivation by more than 10 per cent or became poppy free this year.
USA Today reports Michael Jackson's doctor, Dr Conrad Murray, has returned to work at his Houston medical clinic for the first time since the pop star's death on June 25. The doctor has been the focus of a Los Angeles police homicide investigation since telling investigators he administered a powerful operating room anaesthetic to Jackson to help him sleep. Dr Murray has not been charged with a crime.
The Age says an Australian man was in a stable condition in hospital after being slashed across the abdomen and face by a kangaroo that was holding his dog underwater. Chris Rickard, 49, said when he tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him, attacking with its hind legs.
Le Soir reports a man thought to be in a coma for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time. Rom Houben, 46, from Belgium was misdiagnosed after a car crash. He had been left totally paralysed so had no way of letting his family know he could hear everything they said.
BMC Physiology quotes a study showing breathing in fumes from petrol made lab rats more aggressive, a finding that has wide implications for urban pollution.