The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says there are no plans to study 'radioactive' ash at Benghisa quarry. the ash was produced by Marsa power station and was found to be radioactive by University researchers.
The Malta Independent remembers the fallen of the June 7,1919 riots. It also says that nearly half of drug party users are using the drug known as Meow Meow.
In-Nazzjon says 8,000 have opted to continue to work while receiving a pension. It also says that shadow minister Chris Cardona admitted that the pre-1987 Labour government was corrupt.
l-orizzont says that carbon dioxide emissions grew by 44 per cent in Malta in the past 18 years says. It also says that the migrant found dead at Hal Far was a 30-year-old from Ivory Coast.
The overseas press
Le Monde quotes French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner saying the EU could play a bigger role in ensuring aid gets into Gaza and weapons are kept out. Speaking alongside UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, he said the EU was willing to check cargo on ships going into Gaza, and to play more of a role in controlling the Rafah border crossing from Egypt to Gaza.
The New York Times reports that earlier, the UN had hardened its proposals for an international probe and sent its plans to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But Israel's US ambassador Michael Oren said his country would reject the proposals, and reiterated that an internal inquiry would be held. He said Israel would not apologise for the incident, adding that Israel will do "whatever it takes" to defend itself from terrorism.
Cyprus Mail says that speaking to a crowd of some 10,000 Cypriots and pilgrims from Syria, Jordan and Lebanon in a stadium outside the capital Nicosia, Pope Benedict urged the world community to resolve the ongoing tensions in the Middle East before they lead to greater bloodshed.
Trybuna reports some 140,000 of Poles have turned out in Warsaw for the beatification of murdered Polish priest Father Jerzy Popieluszko. The 37-year-old was killed in 1984 for his support of the country's anti-communist movement.
Deutsche Welle says talks continue today on ways how the German government could bring down the country's budget deficit of €120 billion. German Chancellor Angela Merkel convened a two-day Cabinet meeting urging her ministers to come up with a way to meet its self-imposed austerity plan - to save €10 billion in the state budget every year from 2011 to 2016.The savings plan may include cuts to social welfare benefits or tax hikes.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is to warn that the impact of his government's plans for reducing the deficit will be "enormous" and even worse than he had feared. According to The Guardian, in a major speech on the economy, he will warn that Britain's whole way of life will be disrupted for years by public spending cuts.
The Irish Times reports that the Poor Can't Pay group has urged Irish politicians and the public to pledge their support to protecting vulnerable households from further cuts. In an online campaign the organisation is calling for a clear recognition that the people on the lowest incomes in Irish society have already been asked to carry more than their fair share of the burden and their incomes should not be cut further.
USA Today says tornadoes and thunderstorms have killed at least seven people in the US state of Ohio, where some 50 houses were destroyed and many more damaged. The extreme weather also affected parts of Illinois and Michigan.
Dnevik says 51.5 percent of Slovenians have voted in favour of an agreement between their government and Croatia to allow international arbitration over a long-running border dispute. The dispute is over a demarcation line in the Adriatic Sea left unmarked after both countries seceded from the former Yugoslavia. They also both claim four border villages.