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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States on Thursday (March 4) unveiled new measures to punish Myanmar's army for its Feb 1 coup, adding the country's ministries of defence and home affairs and its top military conglomerates to a trade blacklist. Washington has also subjected Myanmar to 'military end use' export control restrictions, requiring its US suppliers to seek difficult-to-obtain US licences to ship it certain items. The actions come in response to the escalating crackdown and violence in Myanmar, where people took to the streets protesting against the military takeover that overthrew the country's elected officials including de facto leader...
