Press digest

The following are the top stories in the national and internatonal press today. All national newspapers lead with the arraignment of Jason Galea, 39, of Birzebbuga, a close relative of two men killed on Wednesday. Mr Galea pleaded not guilty to the charges. In another story, Times of Malta says the Marsascala family park has been temporarily shut down after experts noted an acidic gas was being burnt at an adjacent recycling plant that developed a fault. The Malta Independent gives a report of a tour journalists were given of detention centres at Safi and Lyster Barracks. L-Orizzont says Standard and Poor’s has confirmed Malta’s credit rating and gave the country a positive outlook. In-Nazzjon reports Prime Minister Joseph Muscat saying he believed the declarations by his ministers of their assets. International news ABC reports Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said asylum seekers who arrive by boat would have no chance of being settled in Australia as refugees. He has confirmed a deal that will see asylum seekers sent to Papua New Guinea for assessment, and if they were found to be refugees, they would be resettled there. The Washington Post quotes US Secretary of State...