News of the Day From Across the Globe Russia's lower house of parliament passed a bill on a vote of 441-1 that would ban smoking in public places, a contentious measure in a country with one of the highest smoking rates in the world. Italy's former military intelligence chief was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for complicity in the CIA's abduction of an Egyptian Muslim cleric under a program begun after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Three weeks before they go to the polls, millions of Kenyans watched and listened to the nation's first-ever presidential debate, with the ... Read More