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International Bat Night is global celebration of bats, organised by Eurobats. Normally it would take place at the end of August, but with the holiday season in full swing and noisy nights in Casares, they decided to shift it to mid-September this year. Casares will experience the ‘Night of the Bats’ on Friday, September 13. The batty organisation ‘Euro Bats’, as every year at this time, is hosting talks, exhibitions and an evening workshop on bat locations using radio frequency-location devices. Beginning at dusk, they give talks about the important role these mammals play in nature, their benefits and problems....

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A growing number of senior American military officers in Iraq have concluded that there is no long-term military solution to an insurgency that has killed thousands of Iraqis and more than 1,300 U.S. troops during the past two years. Instead, officers say, the only way to end the guerilla war is through Iraqi politics - an arena that so far has been crippled by divisions between Shiite Muslims, whose coalition dominated the January elections, and Sunni Muslims, who are a minority in Iraq but form the base of support for the insurgency.

From the Washington Politics & Policy Desk, 3/28/2003 7:58 PM HIGHLANDS, N.C., March 28 (UPI) -- This here's the 343rd Report ta the Folks Back Home from the (More er Less) Honorable Billybob, cyberCongressman from Western Carolina. I's watched two thangs this week. One wazza war what is now mos'ly won with blindin speed n minimum loss ov life. T'other waz an incredibly obnoxious infomercial fer a kitchen tool. Since ma able assistant, J. Armor, Esq., izza student ov TV programmin, I'll turn this over ta him. (Author's note: Hundreds of thousands of American, British, and Australian men and women...