In Iraq at least 23 people were killed and 55 others wounded in a car bomb attack at a market in the central city of Khales today. Officials of operations command said in Baquba that the attack came at around 7:30 pm in the city 65 kilometers northeast of the capital Baghdad<br/><br/>The latest violence came as political wrangling over the outcome of Iraq's March 7 election rumbles on, with no bloc having yet assembled the parliamentary majority necessary to form a government. <br/>