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Tue 10 Oct 2006DUP in dispute over pledge of office endorsing PSNIThe DUP and the British government appear on a potential collision course over the prior steps required to resolve the policing issue ahead of the restoration of power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.Major differences of interpretation emerged last night even as Northern Secretary Peter Hain told MPs that the St Andrews agreement could come "to be seen as a pivotal moment in Irish history".