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BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair today branded growing anti-Americanism around the world as "madness" in the face of the challenges confronting global peace in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. In an address to a rare joint sitting of the national Parliament, Mr Blair urged the formation of a global alliance in the struggle for democracy and justice, and said this alliance "does not end with, but it does begin with, America". "I do not always agree with the United States - sometimes they can be difficult friends to have," he said. "But the strain of frankly anti-American feeling in parts of...