Democracy Newswrap

Here's some quick links to stories hitting the news today:

• The BBC has a story on President Hosni Mubarak's appointment of five women and five members of the Coptic Christian minority to parliament.

• Things must be getting unbearable for Burma's military Junta, as even its closest allies turn on the regime at an ASEAN meeting

• The breakaway Trans-Dniester region of Moldova has been voting in parliamentary elections

• And a small update on that attempted Kyrgyz TV takeover at the weekend. Apparently the hand of President Bakiyev's son was involved. If it's true, things are getting worse in Bishkek for the independent media