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On November 10, it will officially be announced at the Consulate General of Italy in New York the re-instatement of the Advanced Placement (AP) Program in Italian Language and Culture beginning in the 2011-12 academic year.  The program, known as AP Italian, became in 2005 the first new foreign language and culture program that the College Board had instituted in over 50 years. It was suspended following the 2008-2009 school year because of a lack of funding and will be re-instated also thanks to the generous contributions of Italian companies and major Italian-American organization. The announcement will be followed by a signing ceremony between the Italian Government and the College Board. The Honorable Vincenzo Scotti, Italy’s Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, Ambassador of Italy to the United States, will be in attendance.

OBSERVER. Martin Scorsese revealed a restored version of La Dolce Vita this past weekend, newly preserved by his Film Foundation.  (Read the article)

ANSA. alloween is pagan and against the spirit of Christianity, an influential Catholic Church group said Friday. (Read the article)

TIME. In southern Italy, the Mafia wars are heating up. On Monday, Italy will deploy an expected 80 soldiers into the city of Reggio Calabria, on the toe of Italy's boot, to provide security for anti-Mafia prosecutors who have been repeatedly threatened by the powerful 'Ndrangheta criminal organization.

The ramped-up precautions come after a campaign of escalating intimidation of public officials, which has included death threats, envelopes with bullets in them, a homemade bomb that blew up in the entrance to the courthouse in January and a package of dynamite that exploded outside a prosecutor's house in August. (Read the Article by Stephan Faris)