The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times says foreigners are being duped in phantom flats scam on the internet. It also reports that people suspected of trafficking Ecstasy found in Pembroke last week have not been arraigned yet as the police seek firm evidence linking them to the crime.
The Malta Independent on Sunday says Lahmeyer is defending its consultancy services for the power station extension. A technical assessment on the extension of the power station had placed BWSC, which was awarded the contract, in the penultimate place.
MaltaToday says Joseph Muscat is turning the Labour Party into MuscatPL like the PN has GonziPN.
Il-Mument says John Dalli is very pleased with reactions to his hearing on Thursday. It also says Mosta council has received a third warning by the Department of Local Government on the way it is being run.
It-Torca asks if there is a cover-up over the source of the soot over the south of Malta. It also says there are disagreements within the government on the arraignment of a student-editor over censorship charges.
Illum also speaks of manoeuvers by Joseph Muscat in the Labour Party.
KullHadd says a woman suffering terminal cancer has been given a Boffa Hospital appointment for November. It also says that Dr Gonzi has yet again been forced to beat retreat over an opposition motion in Parliament, this time over legal assistance to people under arrest.
The international press
The International Herald Tribune reports that US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flew into the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to confer with President Rene Preval and receive an update on earthquake relief efforts.
London's Sunday Telegraph reports Haiti's shell-shocked President Preval thanked the world for its rush to aid his poor Caribbean nation after the catastrophic earthquake that he compared to a wartime bombardment.
Meanwhile, Fox News says President Obama roped in two former US presidents - George W. Bush and Bill Clinton - to co-ordinate efforts to involve more Americans in the recovery and rebuilding effort that's needed in Haiti. He said the Haitian earthquake relief effort would not be measured in days or weeks, but in months and even years. Bush said the most effective way for people to help is to "just send your cash".
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says nuclear disarmament talks with the United States are not easy, but the two countries have so far agreed on a number of issues. State news agencies ITAR-TASS and RIA Novosti quoted Medvedev as saying both sides had taken a fairly serious step forward, and to a significant degree they had brought their positions closer.
Pravda says lawmakers in Russia have ratified an international agreement to help improve the way the European Court of Human Rights processes cases. The lower house of Russian parliament voted 392 to 56 to ratify the protocol. For years, Russia had been the only European nation to resist the reforms.
Kyiv Post says Ukrainians go to the polls today in a presidential election with pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovich on course to sweep the first round, albeit without the majority required to avoid a second round run-off.
Az-Zaman quotes Iraqi authorities saying they have captured Ali al-Azzawi, a senior leader of a militant group linked to al-Qaida in Iraq.
Afghan Observer leads with parliament's rejection of 10 nominees of President Hamid Karzai's second list of cabinet choices, approving only seven in.
El Mundo quotes Spanish politician Gaspar Llamazares saying he feared for his safety after his features were used by the FBI to make a computer-generated photo of Osama bin Laden. The image has since been removed from the rewardsforjustice website
Asia Observer reports two new outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea, bringing to four the total cases in a week. All 124 cows in the farms were slaughtered as a precautionary measure.
El Tiempo says President Hugo Chavez announced a 25 per cent increase in Venezuela's minimum wage to try to blunt the effects of soaring inflation, and defended his handling of an energy crisis and other domestic problems.
Manila Times reports Fr Michael Sinnott, the 80-year-old Irish priest who was kidnapped and held hostage for a month in the southern Philippines, has returned to the country, declaring he wants to resume his missionary work "to do the little bit I can for as long as I can". Gunmen who seized Sinnott from his home in October had demanded a sunstantial ransom.
Space and Aviation News report Nasa has slashed the asking price for its soon-to-be-redundant space shuttles from $42m (€29.19m) to $28.8m (€20m). The shuttles are for sale once they stop flying, supposedly this autumn. When Nasa put out the call to museums, schools and others in December 2008, seeking buyers, about 20 expressed interest.