Holland is experiencing an increase in incoming tourism from the US -- a market that decreased after 9/11. This year will be the first since before 2001 that the country will welcome it's one-millionth visitor from the US. Conrad van Tiggelen, Director, NBTC North America said, "Despite the exchange rate concerns, with the dollar in a renewed slide against the Euro, visitors from the USA are back to the levels of 2000. "

Austrian police found the well preserved body of a man who had died at his home in bed five years ago. His death had been undetected because his rent was automatically paid from his pension and neighbors did not complain of any strange smell from the apartment. Franz Riedl had been in his late 80's and authorities said his body appeared to have "mummified. "

The city council of Newcastle has ordered a ban on some Geordie terms from its dialect. Under the directive, women were no longer to be called "pet. " Other terms of endearment used by the North Ease Geordie that were covered in the ban were "hinny," which is an affectionate term for a woman, and "love," "darling" and "sweetheart. "

Locals in a French town are angry over a wedding where the newly-weds scattered shredded euros during the ceremony. Residents in the town of Sete threw themselves on the ground to gather bits of 5, 10, 20 and 50 euro notes thrown as confetti at the July 8 wedding. Frederic, a resident, says to Liberation newspaper, "People chucking money away in the street for everyone to see, when there are so many struggling to get by!"

A 1967 Volkswagen Beetle formally owned by Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann is being auctioned on Ebay for $383,000 or 300,000 euros from $105,000. The 12,000 euro blue book value of the car apparently makes no difference to fans of the coach who took Germany to the semi-finals. Klinsmann drove the car in 1994 and 1995.