Vatican Cardinals were deadlocked in their search for a new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, as black smoke emerging from a Vatican chimney signalled they had failed in two new votes to elect a pope. Russia US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Moscow for talks with the Kremlin leadership, delivering a new round of criticism of Russia on issues ranging from democracy to nuclear safety and energy policy. Spain A Spanish court convicted an Argentinian naval officer of crimes against humanity during his country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship, the first time an official linked to the junta has been tried abroad. 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. Iraq Iraqi deputies demanded an official apology from Washington over the manhandling by US soldiers of an MP at a Baghdad checkpoint, with some calling for the fortified Green Zone to be "liberated from the occupation". Lebanon Prime Minister Nagib Miqati created a new unity government to take troubled Lebanon towards May elections and establish a "new beginning" after two months of deep political crisis. Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government was hanging by a thread as a key coalition ally blasted his failure to resign as a preamble to forming a new government, but held back from withdrawing its ministers. 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. Ethiopia Ethiopia's long wait for the return of the Axum obelisk neared an end as a plane carrying the first of its three massive pieces arrived from Italy. 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. Kuwait Kuwaiti lawmakers approved in principle a law giving women in the conservative emirate the right for the first time to vote and stand in October's municipal council elections. 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. Sudan The leaders of Sudan, Egypt, Nigeria and Ethiopia discussed means of rekindling talks to end the Darfur conflict on the sidelines of an African summit.