Stories in The Malta Independent (newspaper) today

1 - Only urgent surgery at Mater Dei

2 - US could halt visa waiver amid concerns on IIP – Financial Times

3 - Ministry, Arriva deny ‘pull-out’ report

4 - Civil servants still waiting for outcome of August interviews

5 - Mixed reactions to proposed monuments

6 - Malta ‘needs’ more fireworks factories

7 - 30,000 sign petition for referendum on spring hunting

8 - Ghajnsielem to be turned into one big animated crib

9 - Nelson Mandela manages to unite Maltese Parliament

10 - Presidential pardon supersedes parliamentary rules