The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says a Marsa power station boiler was used without electrostatic precipitators for some seven months. The precipitators are used to prevent dust emissions. It also reports on new EU regulations for more environment-friendly houses.
The Malta Independent says Joseph Muscat has agreed to meet officials from BWSC, the company awarded the contract for the power station extension. It also carries comments by Minister John Dalli on his nomination as European Commissioner.
l-orizzont says government revenue from duties has doubled in eight years. This revenue was mostly from oil revenues.
In-Nazzjon quotes Acting Prime Minister Tonio Borg saying recently-announced investment projects confirmed confidence in the country. It also reports on measures to counter climate change agreed at the Commonwealth summit.
The Press in Britain
The Independent quotes military commanders saying Britain is at serious risk of losing its way in Afghanistan because rising defeatism at home is demoralising the troops on the front line.
The Guardian says 10,000 people die needlessly every year because their condition is diagnosed too late.
The Daily Express leads with a study that claims mushrooms can shrink tumours.
The Daily Mail claims the heads of some of the worst NHS trusts shamed in a damning report at the weekend have received huge pay rises.
According to The Daily Telegraph, it will soon be the norm for children to be raised by relations other than their parents as the nuclear family model is "irretrievably broken". It also has a picture of nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel, 34, who vehemently denied an affair with Tiger Woods - a bombshell claim in a US magazine that has tarnished his image.
Metro focuses on Tiger Woods' statement in which he says the accident was his fault. He was found in the early hours of Friday lying in the road with wife Elin Nordegren, who police said used a golf club to smash out the back window and help get the golfer out.
The Sun claims a Somali family of nine is living in a luxury home as taxpayers fund their rent of £1,600 a week.
According to the Daily Mirror, Susan Boyle created history when her album became the fastest selling debut by a woman.
The Daily Star continues with the antics of Kate Price, aka Jordan, and says her jungle return was a plot to win back her husband Peter Andre.
And elsewhere...
The Washington Times reports a gunman burst into a coffee shop in Washington state and opened fire on four police officers as they sat working on their laptops, killing the three men and one woman in what an official described as "a targeted ambush". The police are looking for one male suspect who fled on foot.
Abrar leads with Iran's plan to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants. The massive expansion of its programme was announced just two days after Tehran was censured by the international community over its nuclear activities. The paper quotes the state news agency IRNA reporting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered five sites to be built and locations found for five more,.
Tribune de Genève says Swiss voters have approved a move to ban the construction of minarets by 57.5 to 42.5 per cent majority in a vote on a right-wing initiative that labelled the mosque towers as symbols of militant Islam. The outcome stirred fears of violent reactions in Muslim countries and an economically disastrous boycott by wealthy Muslims who bank, shop and holiday in Switzerland.
Gulf News reports the United Arab Emirates' central bank has said it was offering emergency support for any foreign or local bank facing losses from a potential default in Dubai. The move comes after state-backed investment firm Dubai World asked to delay payments on its $60 billion €40 billion) debts last week, sending shockwaves through world markets fearful of losses. The central bank's intervention aims to prevent a wholesale loss of confidence in the region and a mass exodus of funds.
Pravda says Russians mourned at religious services and football stadiums after a deadly train crash that authorities blamed on a terrorist bomb. The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church urged the nation not to give in to fear. If confirmed as caused by a bombing, the wreck would be Russia's deadliest terrorist attack outside the violence-plagued North Caucasus provinces in five years.
Himalayan Times reports Nepal's government will hold a Cabinet meeting on Mount Everest on December 4 to highlight the threat from global warming. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and members of the cabinet who are physically fit will be attending the meeting on a patch of flat land at the altitude of 5,250 metres.
The Washington Post quotes a US Senate report saying Osama bin Laden was "within the grasp" of US forces in late 2001 but escaped because then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld rejected calls for reinforcements. The report the failure to kill or capture bin Laden had lasting consequences.
Al Jazeera says US Vice President Joe Biden has urged Iraq's leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote next January. The Obama administration is counting on the elections to begin the pull-out of about 115,000 US troops still in Iraq.
El Pais reports Uruguay has its first left-wing president: Jose Mujica, 74, a former left-wing militant who spent almost 15 years in prison during the country's military. Exit polls give him just over 50 per cent of the vote in a run-off poll. His main rival and former President Luis Lacalle has conceded victory.
La Prensa says polls have closed in the presidential election in Honduras after voting was extended for an hour to allow large numbers of people to cast ballots. The poll comes five months after a political crisis ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The favourite to win is conservative Porfirio Lobo, 61, narrowly lost to Mr Zelaya in 2005.