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1st pope vote raises black smoke

Divided cardinals fail to elect pontiff; discussions to resume today

By NICOLE WINFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: March 13, 2013 at 2:32 a.m.

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church.

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