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Thu 05 May 2004Blair denies split with US on Iraq sovereigntyTHE US/BRITAIN: The British Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair has emphatically dismissed suggestions of a split with the United States over the sovereign authority to be exercised by the new interim Iraqi government.And his official spokesman told The Irish Times last night that the position of British troops following the June 30th handover would be the same as that of the US forces as defined by the US Secretary of State Mr Colin Powell.