The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says a fast-selling satellite-based TV system called Dreambox is breaching the Copyright Act because it is being used to access foreign licensed channels unlawfully, legal experts believe. It also reports that Motorists travelling into Valletta may have to pay to use park and ride transport into the capital, a service that has been free ever since it was introduced four years ago.
The Malta Independent quotes the Prime Minister making an apology for the poor service provided by ARMS Ltd.
In-Nazzjon reports the Prime Minister saying Malta has achieved the best results in tourism when compared to competing destinations..
l-orizzont says the MUMN will be stepping up industrial action after nurses were intimidated.
The overseas press:
The International Herald Tribune reports that the European Union and President Barack Obama have welcomed the result of the Turkish constitutional referendum as "a step in the right direction" which would help Turkey meet the criteria for EU membership. Some 58 per cent of the voters have given strong backing to a package of changes, aimed at bringing Turkey in line with the EU, which the government wants to join.
The Wall Street Journal says world central bank governors and senior regulators have agreed a package of reforms designed to prevent a repeat of the recent global financial crisis in what has been described as "an important milestone in banking reform". At a meeting in the Swiss city of Basle, they agreed a deal requiring banks to hold more capital in reserve.
Xinhua, the Chinese state broadcaster, says Japanese authorities have released the crew of a Chinese fishing trawler seized last week in the East China Sea. The fishing boat reportedly rammed Japanese coast guard patrol boats which had been trying to intercept it. The incident occurred off an island closer to Taiwan than to Japan, and claimed by both Japan and China.
According to The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Mideast envoy Tony Blair the current restrictions on West Bank settlements would not remain in place but there would still be some limits on construction. Mr Netanyahu said the Palestinians wanted a total freeze but his would not happen. Israel's new housing projects in West Bank settlements are a key point of contention in newly-launched peace talks with Palestinians.
The Times says Amnesty International has said detainees in Iraqi prisons often go years without trial and face widespread torture and abuse. The human rights group accused Iraqi forces of systematically violating detainees' rights and criticised the United States for handing over prisons to the Iraqi authorities when they knew of abuses in jails they already controlled.
Abrar quotes a senior Iranian prosecutor saying that authorities would release a jailed American woman on $500,000 (€393,000) bail because of health problems.
Chilevision says Mining Minister Laurence Golborne has acknowledged a problem had stalled the most advanced of three tunnels being drilled to reach 33 miners trapped underground. He said officials might have to restart the bore hole in another location but insisted that the setback did not significantly alter the timeline for getting the men out.
Mexico Daily reports one of the country's most wanted drug traffickers, Sergio Villa Real known as El Grande, has been arrested by marines in Puebla. He is alleged to be a top lieutenant in the powerful Beltran Leyva cartel. His arrest came two weeks after the capture of another drug kingpin, Edgar Valdez known as "Barbie", who led a rival faction of the same cartel.
Afghan News says two protesters have died and four were injured when Afghan soldiers opened fire on hundreds of protesters who were trying to storm the local government headquarters in protest against a plan by an American pastor to burn copies of the Quran, despite his decision to call off the action. The protesters in Logar chanted "Death to America" and burned tyres, attacked several shops and set election campaign posters on fire.
Gulf News reports a newborn baby was found by authorities in a flight garbage bin of a Gulf Air aircraft that landed at Manila airport in the Philippines from Saudi Arabia. Officials were convinced the mother gave birth in the lavatory of the plane, and surprised she managed to conceal the event from her fellow passengers.
Kentucky Times says a gunman killed five people after an argument over how his eggs were cooked. Police say 47-year-old Stanley Neace argued with his wife before shooting her, his stepdaughter and three neighbours. He then turned the gun on himself at the trailer park about 90 miles from Lexington.
Le Parisien quotes the results of a survey which found that more than three-quarters of French couples have bad sex lives. According to the Institute for Public Opinion, more than one in three women said they had used excuses such as headaches, tiredness or children being nearby to get out of having sex. Nearly one in six men said they had also made similar excuses. It said the survey suggested the nation could be suffering a loss of libido.