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The United States and European Union imposed new sanctions against Belarus in response to the country's crackdown on protests over a December presidential election widely believed to be fraudulent. The U.S. measures, announced Monday by State Department spokesman Philip Crowley, include financial and travel restrictions on certain Belarusian officials, as well as the revocation of temporary licenses that allowed for business transactions with Lakokraska OAO and Polotsk Stekovolokno OAO, two subsidiaries of the state-owned petroleum conglomerate Belneftekhim. The European Union's Foreign Affairs Council also imposed asset freezes and travel restrictions on Belarusian officials after a vote on Monday, singling out...