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Sat 05 May 2004SIPTU signals return to new pay deal talksNegotiations on a new national pay deal are expected to start again next week after SIPTU, the country's biggest union, yesterday announced its intention to return to the talks.It said that at the outset, however, it would be seeking assurances from the employers' body, IBEC, arising from the row over job cuts at Independent Newspapers.