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Fri 11 Nov 2009SF may quit over delay in transfer of police powers
SINN FÉIN has hinted it could pull out of the Northern Executive and Assembly if the Democratic Unionist Party delays the transfer of policing and justice powers until after the British general election scheduled for early June at the latest.
The barely-veiled Sinn Féin warning came as Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin and Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward met in London yesterday evening to discuss growing tensions between the DUP and Sinn Féin.
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