By SCOTT HADLYFriday, July 25, 2008Editor's note: The Ventura County Star sent a reporter and photographer to document the experiences of Seabees deployed to Iraq from Naval Base Ventura County....

By GEORGE RAINEFriday, July 25, 2008People around the world are experiencing sticker shock at the grocery store, the result of runaway economic forces that show no signs of abating. Here...

By DOUG SAUNDERSFriday, July 25, 2008On a sunny beach in northern France, families picnic, fly kites and watch the ferries leaving the port, unaware that a few yards behind them...

By JANE ARMSTRONGFriday, July 25, 2008Only the monkeys seem oblivious to the destruction that rained for years on this once-renowned research institute. Limber-limbed macaques swing from the rafters of their...

By BERTRAND MAROTTEFriday, July 25, 2008For the dozens of small-scale, craft cheese makers who have emerged in Quebec over the past 20 years, it's a point of pride that their...

By GEOFFREY YORKFriday, July 25, 2008With their infant daughter in their arms, Nuer and Guli visited a dozen hotels in Beijing in late May, searching desperately for a place to...

By REBECCA DUBEFriday, July 25, 2008'The question is not, 'Can they reason?' " philosopher Jeremy Bentham famously wrote in his 18th-century defense of animal rights, "nor, 'Can they talk?' but,...

By STEVEN CHASEFriday, July 25, 2008The Canadian military has been studying the Soviet debacle in Afghanistan for clues on how to prevent similar mistakes as NATO tries to beat back...

By MARK MACKINNONFriday, July 25, 2008Uri Hetz has a lot invested in Israel's decades-old presence here in the Golan Heights. He and his partners have invested millions of dollars in...

By GRAEME SMITHFriday, July 25, 2008A new word has surfaced with increasing frequency in speeches by Afghan leaders and international officials in recent months as the Taliban insurgency gains momentum...