• Latinos Sue over Citizenship Delays – 1 million votes on the line
• Critics Accuse Sri Lankan Government of Kidnapping
• Korean Activists Attack China Over Refugee Treatment
• Baja California: Rising Crime Threatens Tourist Economy
• The New Cambodia: Part I – Winners and Losers

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• Ultimatum Pending Against Basra Militias
• Gazans Rally for Palestinian Unity
• Huge Chunk of Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegrates
• Farmers Strike in Argentina Over Tax Hike
• African Union Troops Take Renegade Indian Ocean Island

The U.S. government has over one million citizenship applications piled up in a backlog, raising the prospect that immigrants who applied for citizenship as long ago as last summer will not be eligible to vote in this fall's elections. Some Latinos with pending applications have filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court to demand the government process their applications faster. Tanya Snyder has more.

In the Mexican state of Baja California, gunfights, shootings, kidnappings, and drug-related violence are on the rise. That's cut into the numbers of visiting tourists visiting cities like Ensenada and Rosarito, with serious effects on the local economy. Now, the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana has issued a travel advisory to U.S. citizens—right before the region's peak tourist season hits.

Both authorities and residents in Rosarito are fighting what they call an unfair image of the region, and are trying to convince tourists that they can still enjoy Baja.  Alonso Rivera and Mariana Martinez have this report.

After decades of war, boom time has hit Cambodia.  The Cambodian economy has expanded an average of 10 percent for each of the last five years, making it second fastest growing economy in the region after China. Tourism and real estate are fueling the growth, driving land prices in Phnom Penh to dizzy heights. In this first of a special series on change in Cambodia, Rebecca Henschke take a look at who is benefiting from the new capitalist economy.

China's crackdown on demonstrators in Tibet has drawn worldwide attention as Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games. But Tibet is not the only area where critics of the Chinese regime are hoping to win international attention. Activists in South Korea are protesting China's practice of forcibly repatriating refugees from North Korea to a country where they face imprisonment in concentration camps or even public execution. From Seoul, FSRN's Jason Strother has more.

The Sri Lankan government is taking fire over its human rights record in its recently-revived conflict with Tamil Tiger separatist rebels. Tamil Parliamentarian Mano Ganeshan says nearly 180 people have been abducted in the last two years in the capital city of Colombo. FSRN's Ponniah Manikavasagam files this report: