Wednesday, 20 February 2008

Life - and death - is a lottery

Officials from the Italian town of Marano in Campania have taken the unusual step of running a lottery to secure a plot in the town's cemetery.

The emergency graveyard with space for 48 plots was created when the main cemetery became full.

But fearing that townsfolk would turn to bribery in order to secure their final resting place the decision was taken to hold a lottery.

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