Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, and Tamil papers?

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English newspapers

New Straits Times led with enforcement agencies' anticipation of widespread illegal football gambling spree at the Euro 2008 championship in Austria-Switzerland next month

The Sun led with inflation warning over the growing concerns of the country's food crisis and quoted Prime Minister and BN president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as saying that the BN government may fall if they fail to tackle the problem.

The Star picked Abdullah's call to all Umno members to prove to the public that it was still a party that can live up to their expectation by working with integrity.

Malay newspapers

Both Utusan Melayu and Berita Harian reported on Abdullah's keynote address at the Umno's 62nd anniversary event as front-page news. Abdullah reminded party members to be united and work with integrity to remain relevant.

Tamil newspapers

Malaysia Nanban reported that the Perak state government was willing to allocate land for Tamil schools in the state if the Education Ministry was willing to convert these schools to fully-aided schools.

Both Tamil Nesan and Makkal Osai led with a warning from Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi that the government was in a danger of collapsing if the food and economy crises were not handled well.

Editorial

New Straits Times criticised the frequent fatal occurrences in the National Service programmes following the recent death of a girl that bring to total the number of in-camp casualty to a worrying 16.

The Sun believed that the government's recent consideration to compensate those affected by the 1988 judicial crisis was a good start towards starting up a new clean chapter for the judiciary.

Utusan Melayu believed that the recent government announcement to reward civil servants must be followed through with providing effective and efficient services.

Berita Harian applauded the government's move to extend the retirement age and viewed it as a way to cut costs.

Malaysia Nanban criticised the behaviour of certain local employers who mistreat their foreign workers.

Makkal Osai welcomed the government's decision to increase the retirement age for civil servants from 56 to 58 .