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Black smoke billows from chapel, still no pope

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Black smoke has billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel again Wednesday, meaning Roman Catholic cardinals have not elected a pope in their second or third rounds of balloting.

Cardinals voted twice this morning after a first vote Tuesday in a conclave to elect a successor to Benedict XVI. Another vote around 11 a.m. also failed to name a pope.

Here is how the rest of their day will unfold. (All smoke timings are approximate)

If they elect a pope in the second afternoon ballot, there will be white smoke around 7 p.m. (2 p.m. ET)

If they do not elect a pope in the afternoon session, there will be black smoke around 7 p.m. (2 p.m. ET)

7 p.m. (2 p.m. ET)

Cardinals recite the Vesper Prayers in the Sistine Chapel.

7:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. ET)

Cardinals return to Santa Marta.

8 p.m. (3 p.m. ET)

Cardinals have dinner.