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VATICAN CITY, April 18: Black smoke billowed from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Monday, signalling that Roman Catholic cardinals failed in their first vote to elect the new pope. The dark smoke, seen by thousands in St. Peter’s Square, showed that no candidate had reached the required two-thirds majority as the cardinals met in a secret conclave. But there was confusion in the packed square when the first, faint puffs of smoke came out grey.—Reuters
