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Tue 05 May 2007Cordial tone prevails at Assembly debatesAssembly:The Northern Assembly held its first formal debates yesterday with Sinn Féin putting up no opposition to an Ulster Unionist Party motion for the Assembly to join the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.The Assembly also narrowly rejected a Sinn Féin proposal to establish a special working group to examine how to increase the number of women in the chamber.