Kurdish honour guards hold the Iraqi and Kurdish flags as they wait for the arrival of Iraq's Interim Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi in the Kurdish capital of Suleimaniya, northern Iraq, February 12, 2005. Allawi traveled to northern Iraq Saturday to meet Jalal Talabani, leader of one of two main Kurdish parties, in the hope of striking a deal with the powerful Kurdish bloc. It was Allawi's second meeting with a Kurdish leader in three days. REUTERS/Namir Noor-Eldeen HH/GB