give ground

, each may still feel that it can win the conflicts by force alone.

More than 20 people have been killed and many injured in two separate car bombings in Baghdad. The blasts were apparently aimed at Shia

worshippers

on the second day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. A bomb attached to a minibus carrying Iranian pilgrims to a shrine in Baghdad exploded killing at least five people. Another bomb targeted a market in a Shia neighborhood north of the city.

The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who's been given a jail sentence for tax fraud has threatened to withdraw his freedom party's parliamentary support for the unelected government of Mario Monti. David Willey reports.

Mr Berlusconi out of the political picture since his resignation nearly a year ago is on the war path again. Clearly angry at Friday's conviction after a long drawn-out trial on charges of massive

tax fraud

. He launched strong attacks on the judiciary for portraying him falsely as a person with a particular attitude for crime. He also attacked Monti's government for what he called fiscal

extortion

of the Italian people during the Euro zone austerity crisis.

Reports quoting the military in Guinea-Bissau say the army has arrested the alleged leader of a failed coup attempt two weeks ago. The name of the suspect is captain Pansau N'Tchama who was said to have returned from Portugal early this month where he was receiving military training.