UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari has described as "extremely disturbing" new arrests in Burma, calling on the ruling junta to stop detaining democracy activists.Several prominent Burmese student leaders were arrested over the weekend.
Mr Gambari said the detentions ran "counter to the spirit of mutual engagement" between the UN and Burma.
He was speaking in Thailand as EU foreign ministers were preparing to meet in Luxembourg to discuss tougher sanctions against the junta.
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