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Iraqis protest in front of a coffin representing the "law" as they demand the handover of Sunni Muslim Iraqi vice-president Tareq al-Hashemi after a judicial committee last year issued an arrest warrant for Hashemi based on anti-terror laws on Sunday in Baghdad. US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns held talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday at a time of a festering political standoff in Iraq, officials said.