President Jalal Talabani (C) gestures as he attends a meeting in Arbil with rivals Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) and former premier Iyad Allawi on November 8, 2010, following a power-sharing deal in which Maliki remains premier but which sees the main Sunni-backed bloc being squeezed into foregoing its demands for the presidency. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED