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Fri 07 Jul 2007Labour party in Wales is split over sharing power with nationalistsWALES:Former Welsh secretary of state Paul Murphy has urged his Labour colleagues in the Welsh Assembly to reject a proposed coalition deal with Plaid Cymru.Mr Murphy, who is also a former Northern Ireland secretary, told BBC Wales's Dragon's Eye programme Labour should instead continue in a minority administration in Cardiff.