The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Times says Malta is to indicate today how much it is to spend on climate change issues. The newspaper also reports that Malta is still in recession, with GDP still in negative territory in the third quarter of the year. It also says that the victim of Tuesday's acid attack has not identified his aggressors.
The Malta Independent says that two-thirds of the Maltese have access to internet broadband, according to an EU survey.
l-orizzont says a member of Down's Syndrome Association said highly qualified people with disabilities are not being given jobs. It also reports that Finance Minister Tonio Fenech has said financial problems in Dubai are a worry for Malta.
In-Nazzjon gives prominence to the opening of the new Pembroke primary school. It also reports that a VAT Department employee's appeal for the lifting of interdiction has been denied.
The international press
Ekstra Bladet reports that the first cracks appeared among developing countries at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen after the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu called for discussions on an amendment to the Kyoto Protocol. It would require China, India and other fast-growing high-population nations to take on legally-binding commitments to slash CO2 pollution after 2013. The move was swiftly opposed by the big developing countries.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have issued a joint call for urgent global reform of financial markets. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, they say a one-off tax on bank bonuses should be "considered a priority". They say it is "simply not acceptable" for taxpayers to cover the cost of bank failures but not benefit from their successes. The article comes as EU leaders prepare to meet for a summit in Brussels.
It also follows the announcement in a pre-Budget report by the UK Chanellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling of a one-off supertax on banker bonuses. The Independent calls the pre-Budget report a "Pain Postponed", saying Mr Darling has put off difficult questions about spending cuts. But, according to Metro, Mr Darling has denied he was electioneering by putting off tax increases and public sector spending cuts until after the country goes to the polls.
The Irish Independent says the Irish Bishops' Conference have asked for forgiveness over the Church cover-up of child abuse by paedophile priests. Cardinal Sean Brady and Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin will meet the Pope in Rome tomorrow to discuss the issue.
De Standard reports that three women living in Ireland will have to wait until next year for a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg whether the lack of induced abortion in Ireland was putting women's lives at risk. They allege that forcing pregnant women to travel abroad for abortions could endanger "health and wellbeing" as safeguarded by the Human Rights Convention. If they win their case, Irish abortion law may have to be adjusted to take account of the health and wellbeing of pregnant women.
Corriere dell'Umbria says jailed murderer Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy just over two years ago, has said from prison that her "rights were respected" during her trial and she believes she will be freed on appeal. She was sentenced to 26 years' imprisonment.
Chicago Tribune reports 10 people have been killed by a fierce storm that has left dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds in its wake as it moved eastward from the Midwest to New England.
The New York Daily News reports that two female language teachers in Brooklyn have been suspended from school duties after they were allegedly caught enjoying a naked romp in an empty classroom. They were allegedly cavorting as students watched a talent show in a nearby auditorium.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says a woman is suing a hospital after they amputated her legs because she sat with them folded for up to 12 hours while passed out drunk. Shanna Hiles says a doctor overlooked an acute medical condition because she was drunk, and if spotted, could have saved her legs.
Bild reports an animal trainer is in a serious condition after being mauled by three Bengali tigers during a performance in Hamburg. An audience of around 170 at Pagel's Dinner Circus looked on as Christian Walliser, 28, lost his footing in the enclosure and three of the five tigers attacked him. In less than a minute, the tigers had shredded Mr Walliser's left hand and inflicted serious head and upper body injuries. Some 20 spectators had to be treated for shock.
The Washington Post says a US Congressman, unhappy about the trend of replacing "Merry Christmas" with "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays", has introduced a symbolic resolution to preserve Christmas. Republican Representative Henry Brown said he was worried attempts to celebrate a 'politically correct' holiday season "might cause the loss of some of the traditions sacred to this widely celebrated holiday". Many in the US each year deplore what they describe as "the war on Christmas" - including a tendency among some big retailers to offer a religion-neutral greeting.