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Article: DUP says Sinn Fein retreating to 'pre-St Andrews position'
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- Belfast Telegraph
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- November 10, 2006
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The DUP haseffectively turned back the clock on the Government's
devolution timetable, insisting Sinn Fein has already retreated to a
pre-St Andrews position.A hard-hitting statement from the party's
ruling executive cast fresh doubt on the prospect of any nomination
of Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness as shadow First and Deputy First
Ministers by the two Governments' November 24 deadline.After a packed
day of meetings the DUP firmly set its face against any early
commitment to power sharing - yet stopped well short ofoutright
rejection of the St Andrews Agreement.The 120-strong executive blamed
what it termed Sinn Fein's retreat to a "pre-St Andrews position" for
the DUP's heavily ...