The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times leads with the government's warning to nurses at Mt Carmel Hospital that their industrial action is dangerous and illegal.
The Malta Independent says a man's corpse was found in field near San Gwann industrial estate. It also says that the production of fireworks continues throughout the year.
In-Nazzjon also leads with the government's warning to nurses. In other stories, it reports that the Attorney General will appeal in the Foresta 2000 tree vandalism case.
l-orizzont follows up reports on irregularities by members of local councils and quotes the president of the PN councillors' college who in a letter to a neewspaper said that everyone should be accountable.
The overseas press:
As the Koran burning row moves from Florida to New York, USA Today says America will pause today to remember over 3,000 people who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks nine years ago. President Obama will attend a ceremony remembering those who died at the Pentagon while the First Lady will be in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Flight 93 crashed to the ground. Vice-President Joe Biden will be at the largest event staged at Ground Zero.
The New York Times says security around the proposed site of the Islamic cultural centre near Ground Zero has been tightened, with protests planned for this evening. Pastor Terry Jones, who threatened to set fire to copies of the Koran at his tiny church in Gainesville, Florida, says he still believed he would be granted a meeting with the Imam behind the proposed Islamic centre.
The Washington Times reports that as protests continued in the Muslim world, President Obama reiterated his call for religious tolerance and the threat posed by extremists to America's servicemen and women in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mr Obama said US citizens must remember who their true enemies were - naming al-Qaeda and "terrorists". The president has vowed to forge a "new beginning" with Islam.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports at least four people were killed and dozens more injured in an enormous blaze sparked after a gas line ruptured in San Bruno, a neighbourhood near San Francisco. The explosion was heard for miles and shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet in the air. Warning there could be more casualties, fire officials said a quarter of the homes burned were still too hot to search for victims.
Le Soir says an independent Belgian commission has said that hundreds of sex abuse victims have given harrowing accounts of abuse by Catholic priests that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides. The chairman of the commission said his panel's work was interrupted and all its files seized in a June raid by Belgian judicial authorities who are conducting their own probe. He said nothing had prepared him for the stories of abuse.
The Canberra Times says former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd would be appointed Foreign Affairs Minister in the new Julia Gillard government. Mr Rudd, a Mandarin-speaking former diplomat, was Labour foreign affairs spokesman while in opposition. Following his ousting as prime minister, Ms Gillard promised him a senior front bench position.
The Wall Street Journal quotes the International Monetary Fund warning that the global economic recovery was slower than forecast. In a briefing note, the IMF said that while growth had been stronger than expected in the first half of this year, it was expected to slow down for the rest of 2010 and the first six months of next year.
El Universal reports that at least 85 prisoners have escaped from a jail in northern Mexico, close to the border with the United States. Inmates used ladders to scale the fence of the prison.
The Sun reports England striker Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen have asked the media to respect their privacy amid allegations about his private life. The couple said it was impossible for them "to attempt to resolve any issues in the current media glare". Earlier, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson refused to discuss his player's off-field problems.