The following are the top stories in the local and international press today:
All local newspapers prominently report the fatal traffic and occupational accidents in Swieqi and St Julian's, respectively. Two men died in Swieqi, another in St Julian's.
The Times also reports a call by the European Commission for Malta to take action to reduce its debt and deficit.
The Independent reports on the opening of the Euro-Arab liaison office in Floriana.
This is also given prominence in In-Nazzjon, which also has a supplement on the Black Monday events of 30 years ago and reports on Portugal's victory over Malta in yesterday's World Cup qualifying game.
l-Orizzont says that the GWU has suspended talks with Air Malta. In another report, it says that a PN parliamentary group meeting, called by the Prime Minister with urgency yesterday night to support Finance Minister Tonio Fenech, had an adverse effect with the group issuing a dry two-line statement instead.
The Press in Britain...
The Independent reports on the trial of the two Bear Stearns managers, whose hedge fund's implosion signalled the beginning of the recession in 2007.
The Guardian reports Chancellor Alistair Darling is ready to give another £5 billion of taxpayers' money to the Lloyds Banking Group.
The Times says 12 months after the global economy nearly collapsed, investment bankers are enjoying a record bonus season.
The Financial Times says that JP Morgan Chase has posted its biggest profit, £2.3 billion, in more than two years.
Nichola Pease, deputy chair of JO Hambro capital management, tells the Daily Mail that equal rights laws, such as excessive maternity leave and large sexual discrimination payouts, could harm women's prospects in the workplace.
The Daily Mirror reports on Leona Lewis being assaulted by a fan whilst doing a book signing in a book shop in Piccadilly.
The Sun leads with the same story, saying the X Factor singer was rushed to hospital after the attack by the "grinning thug".
The Daily Telegraph says David Wilshire, a senior Tory MP, used his expenses to pay more than £100,000 of taxpayers' money to his own company, Moorland Research Services.
The Daily Express leads with reports that a Muslim group is launching a campaign to impose sharia law on Britain.
The Daily Star claims that Peter Andre has had a 'showdown' with his estranged wife Jordan's new cage-fighter boyfriend, Alex Reid.
The Scotsman says Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged that British troops in Afghanistan will not be reinforced until a series of tough conditions are met.
And elsewhere...
The New York Times quotes a FAO report confirming that the economic crisis has pushed the ranks of the world's hungry to a record one billion.
Deutsche Welle reports the EU's annual report on Turkey's membership bid has praised Ankara for its reform and foreign policy initiatives.
Environmental Daily says the Arctic ice cap will disappear completely in summer months within 20 to 30 years.
According to The Washington Times, the White House has denied reports that President Obama will announce a substantial troop surge in Afghanistan, perhaps as early as next week. BBC's Newsnight programme had claimed the president was sending up to 45,000 extra servicemen and women to bolster the US presence in the region.
Dawn says Pakistani jets have pounded militant hide-outs along the Afghan border as part of a stepped-up campaign of airstrikes before an expected government offensive in South Waziristan.
Az-Zaman quotes an official Iraqi government report showing some 85,000 people died between 2004 and 2008 in the Iraqi war.
Pravda says Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has criticised talk of sanctions against Iran.
According to De Telegraaf, Geert Wilders, the far-right Dutch MP who overturned a UK travel ban, will visit Britain tomorrow. But the controversial politician, who won his case against the Home Office on Tuesday, will not be showing his controversial film "Fitna", which has prompted allegations of "Islamophobia", saying he planned to show the film at a later date.
Variety announces the death of singer Al Martino. He was 82. Born Alfred Cini, he was famed for the UK's first chart-topper, Here In My Heart in 1952.
Manila Times says the Philippine government has asked a large Muslim rebel group to help secure the freedom of Rev.
Newark Post says Zachary Christie, the six-year-old boy who faced 45 days in a reform centre in Newark, Delaware, for attempting to eat his school lunch with a knife and fork camping set, has been reprieved.
Seoul Shimbun says 40,000 brides and grooms were joined in matrimony during the Unification Church's biggest mass wedding in a decade. The "blessing ceremony" was the church's largest since 1999.
Bild says German experts have provided confirmation that women cry more often than men, for longer - and in a more dramatic fashion.