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Iraqi finance minister’s guards held on terrorism charges

At least nine of the Iraqi finance minister’s guards are being held on terrorism charges, officials said on Friday after the minister demanded the premier’s resignation following their arrest. The dispute threatens to reignite a long-running feud between the secular, Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, of which Finance Minister Rafa al-Essawi is…