Vatican Germany's Joseph Ratzinger was elected the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and will take the name Benedict XVI, the Vatican announced. 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. UN UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will head to the Asia-Africa summit in Indonesia this week, where he said he hopes Chinese and Japanese leaders will meet to discuss their differences. Mideast Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said he was willing to consider delaying the operation to uproot Gaza Strip settlers from their homes, as he tried to allay their anger. Iran Iran promised to release more than 300 detainees arrested during deadly clashes between ethnic Arabs and security forces in a bid to ease tensions in an oil-rich region. Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government was on the verge of collapse as a key coalition ally blasted his failure to resign before forming a new government, but held back from withdrawing its ministers. Lebanon Lebanese Prime Minister Nagib Miqati created a new unity government to steer the troubled country towards May elections and establish a "new beginning" after two months of deep political crisis. UN UN Secretary General Kofi Annan claimed he did not know his advisor on North Korea has ties to a businessman charged last week with lobbying for Saddam Hussein's government. India India has now outstripped South Africa as the country with the highest tally of people living with AIDS or the human immunodeficiency virus, the head of the Global Fund said.