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* Blatter hires U.S. lawyer - source

* Bank Julius Baer launches internal investigation

* FIFA ethics committee continues own internal probe

* Former head of CBF denies bribe

By Karolin Schaps and Mark Hosenball

BERNE, June 17 (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter, FIFA's embattled president, has hired a high-powered U.