The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says a worker was trapped in the wreckage of his truck for half an hour after a collision with another truck yesterday. It also says MIA has beefed up security following the Christmas Day attempted bombing of an airliner over Detroit even though Malta has no direct flights to the US.
The Malta Independent says there have been no reports of serious side effects from the H1N1 vaccination. It also reports consumer complaints of LPG gas running out too quickly.
In-Nazzjon says a quality of life index by International Living placed Malta sixth among 196 countries. It also reports that vaccination against H1N1 is going well.
l-orizzont also leads with the injuries suffered by the truck driver. In another story it says schools are facing a serious lack of counsellors.
The international press
Severe winter weather has brought death and disruption to parts of Europe.
The International Herald Tribune reports that temperatures as low as -22C have left 122 dead in Poland this winter, while in Norway temperatures plummeted to -41C. In the Swiss Alps avalanches have killed at least seven people while a weather alert was issued for 14 regions in south-western France that were hit by heavy snow.
Most national newspapers in the UK dedicate their front pages to the failed plot to oust Prime Minister Gordon Brown by former ministers Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon, who called for a secret ballot on his leadership. However, key Cabinet minister threw their support behind the Labour leader. The Tories and Lib Dems urged Mr Brown to call a general election now.
USA Today says a grand jury has indicted Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on six counts over an alleged plot to bomb a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day. The charges against the 23-year-old include attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted murder of 290 people on board the plane.
Environmental Daily reports a high-tech trimaran used by anti-whaling activists to try to halt Japanese hunters in the Antarctic has been sliced in two. Crew-members say the powerboat Ady Gil was rammed by a Japanese security vessel. The whalers accused the Ady Gil's five New Zealand and one Dutch crew of trying to tangle the Shonan Maru's rudder and propeller with rope.
Az-Zaman says Hamas loyalists and Egyptian troops opened fire along Gaza's volatile border yesterday, leaving an Egyptian soldier dead and more than a dozen Gazans hurt. It was the bloodiest clash between the two sides in a year.
The Irish Times reports that Slovak authorities have formally apologised to the Irish Government for the security blunder which led to a commercial explosive being flown into Dublin. The head of Slovakia's border police has offered his resignation over the incident which caused a major security alert in Dublin.
Pravda says a suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed car at a police station in Russia's North Caucasus, killing at least six officers and wounding 16. Police said the attack happened at the gates to the traffic police station just as officers were lining up outside for roll call.
China Daily says at least 25 miners have been killed in a fire at a coal mine in central China. Efforts were continuing to rescue at least three others trapped underground. More than 70 workers were underground when the fire started.
Solomon Star reports landslides and a tsunami destroyed the homes of about a third of the population on one of the islands in the Solomons. Many lives were probably spared as residents with memories of previous disasters fled quickly to higher ground, officials said.
EU Observer says the European Commission is taking EU countries to court over their refusal to approve a raise for EU employees. With budget deficits a problem across the bloc, member nations said the 3.7-percent raise was too high.
The East African Standard reports an American tourist and her one-year-old daughter were trampled to death by a rampaging elephant in Kenya. Sharon Brown, 39, and her baby were walking with a guide on a nature trail when the elephant emerged from the bush at full speed.
New Mexico Independent says a family is suing a funeral home claiming their grandmother's brain was sent home in a bag of personal effects given to them after her death in a car crash. They said they found the brain the day after the funeral when a foul odour came from a bag they received from home.
Cincinnati Enquirer reports two girls, aged about 12 and 14, have robbed a bank and evaded police capture despite helicopters and dogs being sent to the scene. The girls entered a 1st National Bank in Ohio, and gave a note to a teller demanding money. The girls, who also said they would harm bank employees, did not appear to be armed.
Choson Iblo says South Korean couples cannot end their marriage because one partner has refused to have sex with the other for years. The case was brought by a husband, who first filed for divorce in 2007, saying the couple had never consummated the marriage. The court ruled the couple could probably work out their problem if they really tried.