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Article: St Andrews stand-offas time runs out DUP and Sinn Fein in stalemate
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- Belfast Telegraph
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- October 13, 2006
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The DUP and Sinn Fein were today staring each other down as the
clock ticked towards the conclusion of the Scottish talks summit.
With the British and Irish Governments preparing to issue their own
"take it or leave it" proposals, last-minute bilateral meetings were
continuing at St Andrews after premiers Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern
were said to have worked late into the night. The prospects of
reaching sufficient consensus on the key issues blocking progress -
respective commitments by the DUP on power-sharing and Sinn Fein on
policing - were, however, fading. The DUP team insisted Sinn Fein was
increasingly isolated over policing, but Sinn Fein countered that the
DUP were isolated as the ...