The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Times reports comments by Adrian Vassallo, who was not present for the final divorce bill vote. He said he supported Lawrence Gonzi on divorce. It also says the Police Commissioner is mum over calls from the head of the prime minister’s secretariat.
The Malta Independent says Cyrus Engerer will file a judicial protest against the police commissioner and the court registrar over the leaking of his charge sheet. It also says that a Right-wing Malta resident has denied mentoring Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer.
l-orizzont says the Prime Minister is avoiding questions on Cyrus Engerer. It also says workers are being exploited at Mellieha home for the elderly.
In-Nazzjon carries a PN statement saying that in the Engerer case, Joseph Muscat wants to interfere with the police and the judiciary.
The overseas press
Tripoli has condemned the UK for granting diplomatic recognising to the rebels as Libya's "sole governmental authority" after similar moves by France and the US. Al Jazeera quotes Khaled Kaim, deputy foreign minister in Muammar Gaddafi's government, saying the decision was unprecedented and irresponsible. Libya would seek to reverse the decision through the courts, he said.
The Times says Britain has ordered the expulsion of all eight remaining Gaddafi diplomats in the UK. The rebel leadership, the National Transitional Council (NTC), has put forward Mahmud Al-Naku, a writer and journalist, as the new Libyan ambassador in London. He told the BBC he had been in exile for 33 years because of his opposition to the Gaddafi regime.
Norway’s mass circulation Verdens Gang says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has announced the creation of a commission to investigate Friday's bomb and gun attacks. He said the commission, agreed to by all political parties, would analyse everything that happened, not least the speed of the police response to Anders Behring Breivik's second attack on Utoeya island. The prime minister also announced a national memorial and said the government would contribute to the cost of funerals of the victims. Relatives and victims would also be entitled to payments from the state under a new law on compensation for victims of crime.
Balkan Web reports ethnic Serbs have attacked and set fire to a security post on Kosovo's northern border with Serbia. They reject Kosovan independence and were protesting over attempts by police to take control of the border. After the Kosovo police withdrew, it appeared a deal had been struck and there was a lull, but the Serbs attacked again in the early evening. Serbia's President, Boris Tadic, has urged an immediate end to the violence, calling the protesters "hooligans".
The Washington Times says US Speaker John Boehner has urged Republicans in the House of Representatives to back his plan to cut the US budget and raise the debt limit. Mr Boehner's appeal to conservative House Republicans came despite a White House veto threat and rejection from Democratic leaders in the Senate. Boehner's plan would trim $917 billion from the US budget deficit over 10 years and would raise the debt limit by up to $900 billion.
Asia Observer reports a landslide caused by torrential rain in South Korea has killed at least 32 people, including 10 college students doing voluntary work. In addition, four buildings, including two hotels, have also been wiped out in the city and a married couple and a convenience store owner were also among those killed. Meanwhile, at least 25 people have been killed following storms in the northern Philippines, while another 31 are still missing.
CNN reports that skeletal remains found in the chimney of a bank in the US state of Louisiana have been identified as those of a man who has been missing for 27 years. The bones, which forensics said belonged to Joseph W Schexnider, were discovered by workers in May after the Bank of Abbeville began renovations. Police speculated the Louisiana native starved to death in the chimney. One theory is that Schexnider may have been trying to rob the bank, and became stuck in the chimney.
The Guardian says thousands gathered in Trafalgar Square where Prime Minster David Cameron promised next year’s Olympic Games in London would be the "greatest games". During celebrations a year ahead of the games’ opening ceremony, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge and London Mayor Boris Johnson invited the world to go to the British capital to celebrate the games next summer.
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil would be played between June 12 and July 13, Fifa said in anticipation of next Saturday’s draw for the qualifying competition for the finals. O Globo reports that a total of 824 matches by the 203 participating nations were scheduled to played. The qualifiers would last until November 2013. Fifa also announced that the 2013 Confederations Cup, the World Cup dress rehearsal tournament, will run from June 15 to June 30 in 2013.