The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says a new law will set an accident disability cap of €600,000. It also reports the Prime Minister saying that he may suspend parliamentary sittings to ensure that ministers may travel on government business in the national interest.
The Malta Independent leads with the opening of a new block at St Vincent de Paul Home. It also says that the Deputy Speaker will be appointed this week. In a third story, it says Valletta won the FA Trophy last night.
In-Nazzjon says €9 million have been invested in a new block at St Vincent de Paul Home. It also reports strong interest by workers in joining Palumbo to work at the dockyard.
l-orizzont's main story quotes experts' comments on the use of heavy fuel oil for the power station. It asks if there would be a higher incidence of cancer. It also features the military show held in Mtarfa yesterday.
The overseas press:
Frettabladid quotes leading volcanologist Magnus Gudmundsson saying the Icelandic Eyjafjall volcano which had been disrupting air traffic for more than a month was showing a marked drop in activity. He said heat camera footage early on Sunday indicated the temperature in the crater had fallen to just 1000C and was now producing steam, not magma. But he warned that it was too early to say whether the eruption was over completely.
Accoding to ABC, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says his government was able to meet its debt obligations. He affirmed that despite trade unions pressure, it would not go back on its its austerity plan to reduce spending by 15 billion euros.
Deutsche-Welle reports that German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has urged Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to enter into direct peace talks. Speaking in Jordan at the end of a three-day trip to the Middle East, Westerwelle stressed that the countries should move away from "proximity talks" brokered by the United States in favour of direct talks that could lead to the formation of an independent Palestinian state.
Le Monde says French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has ended a visit to Damascus and Beirut to put pressure on the two countries to continue improving their relationship with neighbouring Israel, and respect a 2006 ceasefire in Lebanon. Israeli President Shimon Peres sparked controversy last month when he accused Syria of supplying Hezbollah with Scud missiles, a charge Damascus has staunchly rejected.
Oil City Derrick quotes US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warning that BP might be "pushed out of the way" if it failed to perform in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster clean-up. He said the British oil company had missed "deadline after deadline" in its efforts to seal a blown-out oil well. The oil spill has reached Louisiana and is threatening Florida and Cuba.
Ethiopian Observer says Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has rejected opposition complaints of fraud in Sunday's national election and said he expected to win on the strength of his economic record. The European Union's chief observer said voters had turned out in droves. While there were some allegations of irregularities that still needed to be evaluated, the parliamentary vote was "peaceful and calm."
Times of India conforms that investigators sifting through the charred wreckage of the Indian passenger plane that plunged into a ravine, killing 158 people on board, have found the cockpit voice recorder. Of the 166 passengers and crew aboard, only eight survived.
The People's Daily quotes Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren saying China and the United States must strengthen economic stability and coordination of policies to combat the risks caused by debt problems of Europe. Both sides formally have opened high-level talks in Beijing. Issues up for discussion include bilateral economic ties, Iran and also North Korea.
Asia Observer says South Korea would take the case of its torpedoed warship to the United Nations Security Council. North Korea faces international condemnation after South Korea said the North torpedoed its warship, the Cheonan last March.
Al-Yaum reports Saudi Arabia's religious police have arrested 10 "emo" women for allegedly causing a disturbance in a coffee shop. According to recent reports, growing numbers of urban young Saudi women are latching on to the emo fashion popular from Japan to Europe and the Americas. The trend is characterised by wearing skinny black jeans, tennis shoes, colourful T-shirts bearing the names of emo bands, heavy make up and sharply chopped and sometimes radically coloured hair-dos.
The International Herald Tribune says the Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives has won the top honour at the Cannes Film Festival, while Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche and Javier Bardem earned acting honours. Uncle Boonmee, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, traces the dreamlike final days of a man dying of kidney failure as the ghost of his dead wife returns to tend him and his long-lost son comes home in the form of a furry jungle spirit.