This news from Burma: a top United Nations official is reporting that jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains in good spirits and still wants to make a contribution to society. On Saturday, the official, Ibrahim Gambari, became the first foreigner to meet with Suu Kyi since she was put under house arrest in 2003. Suu Kyi leads Burma’s National League for Democracy. The group won a landslide election victory in 1990 but the military refused to hand over power. For the past three years Suu Kyi has been held in near complete isolation from the outside world. Her phone has been cut off and she is barred from having visitors except for a doctor and a maid. This week, the generals who crushed Suu Kyi’s democracy movement are expected to decide whether to extend her house arrest beyond its present term, which expires on Saturday.