Vatican Cardinals began the second day of their conclave at the Sistine Chapel where a second round of voting to choose a new pope will take place. Black smoke from a chimney on the roof of the chapel on Monday signalled the first day of voting had been inconclusive. Japan A Japanese court refused compensation for Chinese victims of some of imperial Japan's most notorious atrocities including the Nanjing massacre amid a heated row between Tokyo and Beijing over memories of the occupation. Mideast An Israeli government committee decided to postpone the operation to uproot settlers from the Gaza Strip, which had been due to begin on July 20, to an unspecified date, public radio reported. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was due in Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in her first visit to Russia as chief US diplomat. Lebanon Lebanese prime minister-designate Nagib Miqati announced a new 14-member government that unites "all Lebanese factions". Russia A Moscow court seized the shares of two top subsidiaries of the Yukos oil company, months after the state sold off its main producer Yuganskneftegas, a move which in effect paralyzes what was once Russia's top oil producer. Ethiopia The first of three pieces of the famed Axum obelisk, plundered by fascist Italy nearly 70 years ago, arrived home in Ethiopia. Italy Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi fanned a fresh political crisis when he surprised coalition allies by refusing to resign as a preamble to forming a new government. Iraq A suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded 31 when he blew up his car at an army recruiting post in Baghdad, an interior ministry official told AFP. Ecuador Embattled President Lucio Gutierrez was once again under intense pressure to step down, as protests demanding his resignation moved from Quito to coastal cities. India Indian newspapers hailed a declaration by Pakistan and India that their peace process was "irreversible" and expressed optimism over what they called a win-win situation for both nations. Britain Britain's Labour Party appeared to be heading for another big election win on May 5 as new surveys put the party well ahead of its rivals despite waning popularity for Prime Minister Tony Blair.