Associated Press, Nov. 25, 2012

Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan --A Taliban bombing killed at least six people and wounded 90 others at a Shiite religious procession in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the minority Muslim sect observes the annual Ashura holiday.

Since Wednesday, at least 31 people have been killed in bombings aimed at Pakistani Shiites and claimed by the Taliban, which espouses an extremist interpretation of Sunni Islam. More than 100 were wounded in the attacks during the run-up to the holiday, which commemorates the seventh-century death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson. The schism between Sunnis and Shiites dates back to that time.

Sunday's explosion went off as hundreds of Shiites were passing through the main intersection of the city of Dera Ismail Khan, police said, where food and water stalls were set up to serve the crowd [....]