Press digest

The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press. The Sunday Times says turnout figures favour a Labour victory.  It also says John Dalli's stay abroad has been extended. The Malta Independent on Sunday says PN-leaning districts saw the sharpest drops in turnout. MaltaToday reports how there was lower turnout in PN strongholds.   It-Torca highlights the 93% turnout figure. It also reports how Trafigura and Total won 73% of Enemalta's oil contracts. Il-Mument says turnout figures were almost the same as 2008. Turnout for local council elections was 82%. KullHadd says turnout yesterday was 93%. The overseas press AFP quotes Argentine's Ambassador to Britain Alicia Castro saying today’s referendum in the Falklands Islands over whether to keep the archipelago under British rule would not affect the legal status of the disputed islands. In a move instigated by residents of the island chain, the 1,672 eligible voters are being asked whether they want the Falklands to retain their status as an internally self-governing British overseas territory. Britain has held the windswept South Atlantic Ocean islands since 1833, but Buenos Aires claims they are occupied...