The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Sunday Times quotes former President Eddie Fenech Adami saying the Nationalist Party should take a position against the introduction of divorce. It also reports how the hospital authorities are investigating the death of two babies in hospital.
The Malta Independent says all Maltese who were in Egypt are safe. It also carries comments by Labour whip Joe Mizzi saying he had not known about the raise given to members of the Cabinet.
MaltaToday says Joseph Muscat has promoted or demoted MPs for the upcoming media war.
Illum carries comments by author Mario Philip Azzopardi saying it was difficult to forget the mortal sin (l-interdett) imposed by the Church. It also says that a family wants to know how a member of their family had her skull broken on the way to the mortuary at Mater Dei Hospital.
It-Torca says there is new uncertainty in the Mediterranean as US and Iranian warships could face each other. It also says that the generation of waste per capita in Malta is among the highest in Europe.
KullHadd focuses on the reform of Air Malta.
Il-Mument says the team which was against EU membership is taking over at the PL.
The overseas press
Al Ahram reports that with protests still raging and world leaders keeping up pressure urging for sweeping reforms, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak named his intelligence chief, 74-year-old Omar Suleiman, as his first-ever vice president, setting the stage for a successor. General Suleiman is reported to have the strong support of the military – an important factor for President Mubarak as he seeks to shore up his power. The country's aviation minister Ahmed Shafiq has been appointed as the new prime minister.
According to the Al Jazeera, there are reports that the Egyptian President's wife Suzanne Mubarak has left for London. The Qatar-based news channel reported earlier that Mubarak's two sons, Gamal and Ala, have arrived in London with their families, escaping Egypt as result of the unrest.
The Egyptian Gazette says tens of thousands of protesters defied the curfew to remain on the streets, despite army warnings. Cairo's central Tahrir Square has remained filled with protesters into the night. Troops and armoured vehicles have been deployed but have not taken any action. Earlier, cashes were reported in Alexandria, Cairo and Ismailiya. Soldiers stood by – a few even joining the demonstrators. The police have almost completely disappeared from the streets.
The Sunday Telegraph says death toll of the last two days of violent disturbances was even higher than officials claimed. What the newspaper says was “a tally of credible figures from around Egypt” showed that at least 89 people had died – compared with the 62 admitted to by officials. Among those dead were 10 policemen, some of them after being attacked by angry protesters. A further 2,500 were said to have been injured. The civilian dead and injured included many shot with live rounds. The BBC puts the figure at 100.
Al Gomhuria says would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 10 small artefacts before being caught and detained by soldiers. Egypt's antiquities Zahi Hawass said the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection was now safe and under military guard. Meanwhile, vigilante groups in Cairo have set up check-points amid reports of widespread looting.
Sky News reports British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to express his "grave concern" about violence against anti-government protesters. He urged the embattled leader to "take bold steps to accelerate political reform and build democratic legitimacy" rather than attempt to repress dissent. In a joint statement with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Cameron added: "We are deeply concerned about the events that we are witnessing in Egypt.”
Montreal Gazette quotes a Canadian government spokesman saying that a key figure in the ousted regime in Tunisia, billionaire businessman Ben Hassan Trabelsi has applied for asylum. The brother-in-law of formed President Bel Ali, he flew into Montreal in a private jet.
According to Assabah, desperate to return to work after weeks of protests brought Tunis to a standstill, shopkeepers armed with sticks and knives guarded the entrance to the covered market on Saturday and pushed back a small gang of protesters. Shopkeepers said they were satisfied with a government reshuffle announced on Thursday.
Reuters reports a small crowd of Jordanian activists rallied outside government the prime minister's office in Amman as they tried to step up their campaign to force Prime Minister Samir Rifai to step down. Holding banners reading "No to poverty or hunger, they shouted "Our government is a bunch of thieves".
Het Parool says the Dutch government has frozen all contacts with Iran in protest over the hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman. An Iranian official confirmed Sahra Bahrami, aged 46, was hanged for drug smuggling early on Saturday. Her family accused Tehran of fabricating the case against her after she was detained for taking part in anti-government protests in 2009.
The Irish Times says Ireland’s Prime Minister Brian Cowen would announce the date of the general election on Tuesday after the senate passed the crucial finance bill – a condition of the country’s €85 billion bailout package. The Bill now goes to the Irish President Mary McAleese to be signed into law.
Magyar Hirlap reports that parts of western Hungary and the capital, Budapest, have been shaken by an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale. The National Disaster Management Agency said no injuries had been reported. Buildings are understood to have suffered minor damage.
Pravda quotes federal investigators saying the suicide bomber who killed 35 people at Moscow's busiest airport was deliberately targeting foreigners. They said they knew the identity of the bomber, a 20-year-old native of the volatile Caucasus region, where Islamist insurgents have been battling for years for a breakaway state.