May 23, 2008 — A raid this week by federal immigration agents on a migrant camp in upstate New York led to the arrest of 16 farm workers. The 11 men and five women are being held in an immigration detention center in Batavia. Two are from Guatemala; 14 from Mexico. Acting on a tip, immigration agents and state police raided the Wayne County camp just after 6 a.m. Wednesday. The workers were employed by Martens Farms and worked at a processing plant in Port Byron, west of Syracuse. Jonathan Brown reports on reaction among farming advocates.  Go to full article

May 23, 2008 — An 86-tower wind farm will soon go up on Wolfe Island in the St Lawrence River. Each tower will be more than 240-feet tall, with turbine blades stretching beyond 175 feet. They'll be a prominent feature of the landscape, visible from Cape Vincent, New York and Kingston, Ontario. Canadian Hydro is developing the wind farm. The company says it will generate enough electricity to power a city the size of Kingston, or 75,000 homes, for a year. Jonathan Brown has more.  Go to full article

May 22, 2008 — By the Myanmar junta's own count, at least 134,000 people are dead or missing after a cyclone three weeks ago. The U.N. says up to 2.5 million survivors are hungry and homeless and there are worries about disease outbreaks. The ruling generals have restricted visas for foreign aid workers and barred foreigners in the country from visiting affected areas. Still, there are non-governmental efforts, the Red Cross and Red Crescent, other NGOs...and those of individual people. North Creek residents Woody and Elise Widlund found one of the smallest and most personal aid pipelines. In five trips to Myanmar with Nevada Wier, a photographer who specializes in taking pictures of indigenous people living in traditional ways, they've visited villages that had not seen westerners in 20 to 30 years. They've made friends, including Phyo, who's now out on the Irrawaddy delta, delivering supplies bought in part by an e-mail network of people like the Widlunds in North Creek. Martha Foley spoke with Woody Widlund yesterday. He said the key link in the chain is Nevada Weir, who forwarded news from Phyo a couple days ago.
(Nevada Wier, PO Box 8032, Santa Fe, NM 87504.)  Go to full article

May 07, 2008 — North Country Public Radio is getting acquainted with a colleague from Indonesia this week. Munarsih Sahana is a Humphrey Scholar, studying at the University of Maryland....  Go to full article

Apr 25, 2008 — The U.S. House of representatives voted 395 to 7 yesterday on legislation to force ocean-going freighters to treat ballast water for invasive species before they enter US...  Go to full article

Mar 28, 2008 — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security finalized new passport rules yesterday. As of June, next year, a passport or some other approved document will be required to enter...  Go to full article

Feb 12, 2008 — Kenya, previously one of the most stable countries in Africa, degenerated into violence after Dec. 27 presidential elections that international observes say were rigged. More...  Go to full article