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Fri 01 Jan 2007Republican SF dismisses PSNI talks with AdamsRepublican Sinn Féin has rejected an appeal by Gerry Adams to discuss policing in Northern Ireland. The Sinn Féin president had offered to meet other republican organisations to discuss the PSNI in advance of Sinn Féin's ardfheis on January 28th.Speaking at his Falls Road headquarters yesterday, Mr Adams said: "We've made contact with the 32 County Sovereignty Movement, and I see that as a separate initiative from any dialogue with the armed groups. We want to be inclusive, we want to talk and to listen to people who oppose us. The key is to try to get an end to any armed actions from any republican element."