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Thu 08 Aug 2006DUP accused of intransigence on police powersDUP intransigence is blocking the transfer of policing and justice powers to a restored Stormont Assembly, Sinn Féin has alleged.Following a meeting of the Preparation for Government committee on the transfer of policing and justice powers, Gerry Kelly said that opposition to devolution and power-sharing involving republicans by unionists was the key.