Sunni/Shi'ite Jihad Update from the [1] BBC, with thanks to JE:

A car bomb has killed 25 people and injured about 60 at a Shia mosque in a town close to the Iraq city of Baquba.

The bomb went off just after dark as worshippers filled a busy market street in Howaider, 36 miles (60km) north-east of the capital Baghdad.

Other attacks in Iraq on Wednesday left at least 17 people dead.

Iraq's politicians have failed to make any progress on forming a new government. They are now due to hold a session of parliament next Monday.