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THE NEW YORK TIMES. With its close-ups of beautiful people, exquisite cuisine and delirious lovemaking in the hills outside Milan, “I Am Love,” a voluptuous Italian melodrama directed by Luca Guadagnino, is the guilty pleasure of this year’s New Directors/New Films series. The movie, which wallows in luxury, has an elegant lead performance by Tilda Swinton and a throbbing musical score by John Adams. (Read the article)

ANSA. A series of beautiful Ancient Roman paintings discovered in Lebanon seven decades ago are being returned to their original glory thanks to an Italian restoration project. The fresco was uncovered in 1937 by British excavators in a 2nd-century AD Roman tomb near the southern city of Tyre. It was removed from the cave in the 1940s and taken to the Beirut National Museum in order to keep it safe. (Read the article)

FROM JUDITH HARRIS, ROME. The Italian press and commentators were by and large enthusiastic about the reform, and were saying Tuesday evening that it is a great success for President Obama. News photos showed the President and Nancy Pelosi together, and mentioned that the Kennedy family members were in tears of joy. When questioned about the cost, one university professor, an economist, pointed out that a healthy public is also a more productive public. La Repubblica New York correspondent Federico Rampini wrote that, "Obama has gotten something of a kick out of the battle," and is ready with new projects, beginning with regulation of the financial markets. (JH)

ANSA. Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori is preparing for his third trip to the International Space Station (ISS), where he will test an Italian-designed sensor unveiled on Tuesday at Perugia University. The 'electronic nose', selected for the mission by the Italian Space Agency and NASA, is a highly sophisticated device able to detect various odours. (Read the article)