The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
All the newspapers feature stories on yesterday’s 9/11 commemorations. In other stories, The Times says there is a dilemma on which Authority is responsible to track down illegal television broadcasts.
The Malta Independent says that bickering on the Moody’s downgrade has continued.
In-Nazzjon reports that 8,107 mothers benefited from tax cuts when they returned to work.
l-orizzont says new problems are brewing with regard to gas distributors, with the issue not having been definitely settled by the authorities.
The overseas press
People around the globe stopped to remember the victims of the 9/11 attack, falling silent to mark the exact moment a decade ago that terrorists struck. The New York Times says America led the tributes to those lost, with families of the dead joining President Barack Obama and former President George Bush at a ceremony at the site of the World Trade Centre in New York. Some 2,753 died in New York, 184 in Washington and 40 in Pennsylvania. Among the dead were 343 firefighters, 37 police officers, two FBI officers and one US secret service agent. Ten years on, the effects of the attacks are still deeply felt in America.
Sweden’s Expressen leads with the arrest by security personnel of four people suspected of preparing terror attack in Gothenburg. Police said they had evacuated an arts centre in the city due to a threat deemed to pose "serious danger for life, health or substantial damage of property". It was not immediately clear whether the arrests were linked to the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
Asharq Al-Awsat reports that Libyian Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, has vowed to form a new government within 10 days with representatives from all parts of Libya, including areas that were not under the new establishment’s control. At a news conference in Tripoli, Jibril also announced that production of oil from some of Libya’s oil fields had already resumed. He said the new government faced serious challenges, especially on the issue of security and stabilisation.
Al Jazeera says a son of the former dictator, Saadi Gaddafi, has fled to Niger. Saadi and other senior officials were onboard a convoy of eight or nine vehicles intercepted by Niger's authorities en route to the capital Niamey from Agadez in the north. Saadi, 38, the third of Gaddafi's seven sons, is regarded as a playboy who renounced a football career in 2004 to join the army, where he led an elite unit.
The Middle East Window reports that Bouzaid Dorda, the leader Gaddafi's external spy service, was arrested in Tripoli. Dorda, a former prime minister, is one of several former government officials rounded up since Tripoli fell last month. Gaddafi's foreign minister, Abdelati Obeidi, was arrested on August 31 in a suburb west of Tripoli. Gaddafi himself remains on the run and a handful of towns in Libya remain under the control of his followers.
CNN says Nato warplanes have struck several targets in areas still loyal to fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi as revolutionary forces said they had to retreat after coming under heavy fire. Nato said that its jets hit a tank, two armed vehicles and one multiple rocket launcher the day before near Bani Walid. Air strikes also pounded targets around Gaddafi's home town of Sirte, and the towns of Waddan and Sabha in the southern desert.
East Africa Radio quotes a Tanzanian government official saying that more than 200 bodies had been recovered after an overloaded ferry sank off the Tanzania. The MV Spice Islander sank in an area of deep sea and strong currents in the early hours of Saturday with hundreds more people aboard than its official capacity of 600. The number of total passengers is still unclear and officials expect the death toll to rise.
Germany's Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner has cautioned her cabinet colleagues against using the social networking site Facebook to promote their work. In a letter obtained by Der Spiegel, she said her warning was issued over data security concerns. Aigner quit Facebook around a year ago in protest at the company's data security practices.
Metro reports two US-based supermarket employees reportedly robbed $45,000 to fund a sex-change operation. According to police, Walmart worker Spencer Cullen, 23, wanted the cash to help become a man, while Adriano Altiveros, 19, took the money and used it to buy a new car.
The Daily Mail says New Zealand's naked rugby team, the Dunedin-based Nude Blacks, lost for the first time in its nine-year existence, beaten 25-20 by a clothed women's team from Spain. But there may be a clue as to how the visitors did so well. In the spirit of friendly competition, the ladies promised that for each try they scored they would remove an item of clothing. Asked if they had let the visiting Conquistadoras score a few easy tries, Brad Henderson, a 23-year-old student, replied: “Of course.”
Tennis: The Los Angeles Times reports Australia's Sam Stosur won her first Grand Slam title with a stunning victory over favourite Serena Williams in a controversial US Open final. The ninth seed gave a hugely-impressive performance to beat the three-time champion 6-2, 6-3.