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Thu 09 Sep 2007UN calls emergency talks as Burma unrest escalatesBurma's military junta risked further international isolation last night as the UN Security Council called an emergency meeting to discuss the regime's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.The European Union and the US have called on the Security Council to consider sanctions after at least three people were killed during clashes in Rangoon yesterday.