Friday, March 7, 2008

French village bans death - Yahoo! News

I hope it's a joke!


PAU, France (AFP) - The mayor of a French village has issued a decree banning residents from dying in his territory unless they own a spot in the overcrowded cemetery.

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"It is forbidden for any person not having a plot in the cemetery ... to die on the territory of the village," the mayor of the southwestern village of Sarpourenx wrote in a decree that warned of "severe punishment" for offenders.

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allAfrica.com: Tunisia: 2008 WEF Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index ranks Tunisia 1st in Africa and 2 nd in the Arab world


The 2008 World Economic Forum Travel and Tourism Competitive Index (TTCI) ranks Tunisia (39), first in Africa and second in the Arab World out of 130 nations, in its recently released index. The TTCI index ranks Tunisia second after Qatar (37). It precedes the UAE (40), Bahrain (48), Jordan (43) and Egypt (66). In Africa , Tunisia is ranked first after Mauritius (41) and South Africa (60).

Tunisia also precedes Thailand (42), Brazil (49), and Turkey (54).

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