These are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times reports that the Vatican has told the Maltese Curia to set up a tribunal for the judicial process of four priests accused of child abuse.
The Malta Independent says that after fuel and gas, food price increases appear to be next.
MaltaToday carries an interview with Nationalist MP Jean-Pierre Farrugia, who says the PN is not the same party he knew.
It-Torca says that in two months the government took back 132% of what it gave out as cost of living compensation.
Il-Mument says the Labour Party used to seek help from overseas parties before elections, but then enacted the Foreign Interference Act to stop the PN doing likewise.
KullHadd focuses on empty pockets as a result of recent price rises.
Illum says police fugitive Fabio Psaila was involved in a collision, he filed an insurance claim and no one noticed.
The overseas press
A US congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, has been shot in the head while meeting constituents outside a supermarket outside the city of Tucson in Arizona. The Arizona Herald reports Ms Giffords, a Democrat, has had surgery and is in intensive care in a critical condition. Doctors were optimistic about her recovery. Officials said six people were killed and 13 wounded. The dead included a nine-year-old girl and a federal judge. A 22-year-old man was arrested and police are hunting a second suspect.
According to Fox News, Jared Loughner, the 22-year-old man who sources identified as the gunman in custody in the deadly shooting rampage, was suspected of posting a series of YouTube videos that show his distrust in government. The station says the killers could face the death penalty for the killing of Judge John Roll.
The Arizona Reporter says Ms Giffords, who represents the eighth district of Arizona in the House of Representatives, was first elected in 2006, and re-elected to third term last November. She has served on several congressional committees, including those covering the armed services and foreign affairs. She upset Arizona conservatives by supporting Mr Obama's healthcare reform bill last year. Ms Giffords is married to space shuttle astronaut Mark Kelly.
The Washington Times quotes President Barack Obama saying the shooting was a "tragedy for our entire country" and urged the nation to "come together, and support each other". He described Ms Giffords as a personal friend and an "extraordinary public servant". FBI director Robert Mueller is overseeing the investigation.
El-Youm says the authorities in Algeria are to reduce the cost of some basic foods in an effort to end days of rioting in which at least three people have been killed. The authorities said taxes and import duties on sugar and cooking oil would be cut.
Al Horria reports that three protesters have been killed in Tunisia in clashes with security forces in demonstrations over unemployment. It was believed the security forces used live ammunition in response to the protests.
USA Today says the American government has gone to court to get details held on Twitter about WikiLeaks. They want Twitter to reveal personal information linked to the whistleblowing website’s founder Julian Assange and four acssociates, including an Icelandic MP. Reports indicated the Department of Justice might seek to indict him on charges of conspiring to steal documents with Private First Class Bradley Manning, a US Army intelligence analyst. Mr Manning is facing a court martial and up to 52 years in prison for allegedly sending Wikileaks the diplomatic cables, as well military logs about incidents in Afghanistan and Iraq and a classified military video.
al-Jazeera TV reports voting has started in a week-long referendum for independence for southern Sudan. President Omar al-Bashir has reiterated that there was no alternative to peaceful co-existence between north and south. He said there could be no return to war. Final results are not expected until February.
Le Journal du Dimanche reports the French government saying two Frenchmen kidnapped in Niger on Friday have been killed in an attempt to rescue them. French Defence Minister Alain Juppe said they died during an attempted rescue operation by Niger's national guard near the border with Mali. President Nicolas Sarkozy condemned the killings as "cowardly and barbaric".
La Hora reports that a bus crash in Guatemala's western highlands has killed at least 14 people and injured at some 25 others. The victims, all ex-paramilitaries who had been working for a government reforestation project, were travelling to collect their pay when the bus left the road and plunged into a 50-metre-deep ravine.
According to El Universal, the decapitated bodies of 15 young men – all aged between 15 and 25 – have been found in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco. They were dumped there by drug cartel members fighting over the control of the drugs business in the city. More than 30,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico since late 2006.
Vancouver Sun says Canadian police say they are struggling to prevent photos and video of a sexual assault on a teenager spreading online. Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia briefly detained a teenage boy who had posted images and video of the assault on Facebook. He removed them, but they have popped up elsewhere online and police said they might file child pornography charges. The investigation stemmed from what police have described as a “gang rape” at a rave party last weekend, during which a 16-year-old girl was drugged and sexually assaulted by a group of men. Onlookers shot the photos and video later posted online.