The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:

The Times reports that Marlene Pullicino Orlando has switched sides and is now backing divorce legislation. She said that legislating for divorce did not mean going against her Catholic beliefs. The newspaper also reports that Joseph Muscat fractured a leg during the August Moon Ball. It was initially thought the injury was not that serious and he stayed until the end of the activity.

The Malta Independent says Malta is the only EU country without a proper camping site. It also says that the Transport Ministry has denied that bus fares will be raised at will by the new operator.

In-Nazzjon says more types of medicines are being given free by the government. It also says that 1,050 have applied for a subsidy for the purchase of photovoltaic units.

l-orizzont says the Church is keeping back in the divorce debate but others are waging a crusade. The newspaper also carries an interview with Bianca Zammit, who says she wanted to be a witness to the injustices in the Palestinian territories. Zammit was injured when she was shot by Israeli forces during a protest.

The overseas press:

El Tiempo announces that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and his new Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos would meet tomorrow as the first step toward restoring diplomatic relations between the South American neighbours. They will attempt to smooth over a diplomatic conflict that boiled over last month when Chavez severed diplomatic ties with the US-allied Colombia after its outgoing President Alvaro Uribe accused him of permitting Colombian rebels to find refuge within Venezuelan territory.

Meanwhile, El Mundo says President Chavez has rejected President Barack Obama's appointment of Larry Palmer as ambassador to Venezuela. He said he would not accept Mr Palmer as envoy because he had suggested morale was low in the Venezuelan army and raised concerns about Farc rebels finding refuge in Venezuela.

Deutsche Welle reports that at least 15 people have died in central Europe and the Baltic after heavy rain caused widespread floods. Water levels have risen to record highs on the borders of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. Thousands have been evacuated by the army, police and fire services using helicopters and boats to move people away from the flood zones and clear flood debris.

Asia Times says landslides have raised the death toll in flood-hit Pakistan, cutting off roads and hampering aid efforts as rescuers battled to beat rains exacerbating the country's worst ever floods. More than 252,000 homes are thought to have been damaged or destroyed across Pakistan and 1.38 million acres of farmland flooded. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has again called for international aid as, he said, the disaster had spiralled beyond the government's capacity.

China Today confirms at least 127 people were killed and nearly 1,300 went missing Sunday after mudslides swept away homes and destroyed roads in northwestern China as the nation battled its worst flooding in a decade. The landslides swept mud, houses, cars and other debris into a river running through the county, blocking the waterway and triggering flooding in the valley. Some 50,000 people have been affected by floods.

Pravda says thousands of air travellers are stranded at Moscow Airport as the Russian capital choked in the worst smog in living memory from spreading wildfires that threatened a second Russian nuclear facility. Airport authorities sent out requests to aviation companies for pilots capable of flying in zero visibility conditions. Saint Petersburg and neighbouring Finland were also starting to feel the effects.

Seoul Times reports that North Korea has seized a 41-ton South Korean fishing boat off the peninsula's east coast. The boat, with four South Korean and three Chinese crewmen ,was detained while presumably operating near the North's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan and was towed to the North's northeastern port of Songjin.

Serbian B92 radio station says customs officials have seized more than 50 kilograms of heroin at a border post with Bulgaria. The drugs were concealed in compartments built under car seats of a vehicle of two Dutch nationals of Turkish origin. Serbia lies on the drug route between Asia and Western Europe.

Richmond Times-Despatch reports doctors want to keep actressZsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized until at least today, after the 93-year-old actress went into shock during her recovery from a broken hip.