The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says the Air Malta CEO has warned of tough times ahead. It also says that the prime minister his keeping his divorce voting options open.
The Malta Independent quotes the prime minister reiterating that the will of the people as expressed in the referendum will be respected.
MaltaToday says GonziPN is in deep crisis.
l-orizzont says GonziPN is divided over how MPs will vote in the divorce debate in Parliament.
In-Nazzjon says the divorce Bill will be moved for first reading in Parliament today. It also says that €80m are being spent on restoration of historic sites.
The overseas press
Italy has joined international calls led by Britain, France and the US for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to go. Al Jazeera reports that Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has declared the government of Libyan leader Gaddafi "finished", hours after NATO forces reportedly resumed attacks on targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. He said the Gaddafi regime was finished. He told a news conference in Benghazi, “his aides have left, he has no international support and the G8 leaders reject him – and he must leave the country”.
But Reuters report that Gaddafi has made it clear that he would not step down. After talks in Tripoli, South African President Jacob Zuma said Gaddafi was emphatic he would not leave Libya, dashing prospects for a negotiated end to the conflict. Zuma was in Tripoli on Monday to try to revive an African "roadmap" for ending the conflict.
Meanwhile, Al Jamaharia quotes the Libyan government spokesman saying since bombing began in March, Nato air raids have killed more than 700 civilians and injured more than 4,000. Nato denied the allegation as four powerful explosions were felt in the centre of Tripoli on Tuesday night.
Hague News reports that the former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic is in The Hague to face charges of genocide at the international war crimes tribunal. He landed at Rotterdam airport and was transferred by helicopter to UN detention centre, where he joins more than 30 inmates indicted for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia.
According to The Boston Globe, judging from previous cases, UN prosecutors have accumulated a massive amount of evidence that Mladic was the key figure in what the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal already has determined was the genocide of Muslims during the Bosnian war. However, Mladic's defence team cautioned against inferring guilt from the convictions of his subordinates.
Tribune de Genève says a panel of 31 scientists from 14 countries, advising the World Health Organisation on cancer, says using a mobile phone may increase the risk of certain types of brain tumor. Scientists said a review of all available evidence suggest that cellphone use should be regarded as possibly cancerogenic.
EU Observer reports that Germany’s fatal E. coli outbreak has now claimed 16 lives – 15 in Germany and a woman who died in Sweden after travelling to the country. The killer bacteria was initially linked by Hamburg health officials to organic cucumbers from Spain. But on Tuesday, German state officials revealed that latest tests showed the vegetables did not carry the lethal strain connected to the outbreak. The news was welcomed by Spain’s Agriculture Minister, Rosa Aguilar. Spanish farmers said they were losing around €200 million a week.
The Washington Times says military prosecutors in the United States have filed new conspiracy and murder charges against the man accused of plotting the September 11th attacks 10 years ago. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is to be tried by a military commission at the Guantanamo detention centre in Cuba.
Asian Correspondent reports a Congressional meeting in the Philippines is today due to start discussions on a Bill to legalise divorce. The Bill, originally proposed years ago, was revived on Monday following the news that the Maltese electorate had voted in favour of introducing divorce in last Saturday’s referendum. House of Representatives Speaker Feliciano Belmonte threw his support behind a proposed measure.
The BBC says football corruption whistle blower, Chuck Blazer, whose allegations sparked a crisis at Fifa, appears to have survived an attack to sack him as secretary general of Concacaf, the governing body for north and central America and the Caribbean. Concacaf’s acting president wrote to Blazer terminating his position with immediate effect but Concacaf said the sacking was not authorized.