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Myanmar coup: Military gives up 'cohabitation' with civilian government

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BANGKOK - Martial music on radio? Check. Telephone lines cut? Check. Television stations seized? Check.
Young people in Myanmar woke up on Monday (Feb 1) to a direct military rule they had never imagined the country would slide back into, on the day the National League for Democracy was due to formalise its second term in government.
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