News 1/29/09

World faces 'crisis of governance'

The worldwide economic recession has showed a ‘crises of governance’. The current architecture of managing global affairs is broken and needs to be fixed. Annon says "We cannot continue to run the world based on countries that won a war 60 years ago. It's either destructive competition or cooperation. We live in an interdependent world and the only way to move forward is to cooperate." Major Banks are also being asked to contribute to help the economy.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/01/28/davos.wef.annan/index.html?eref=rss_world

With no job and 5 kids, 'better to end our lives

Described as one of the most “grisly scenes Los Angeles police had ever encountered”. The bodies of five small children and their parents, all shot to death, in two upstairs rooms of the family's home was found in Los Angeles. A father whose wife and he were fired from their jobs killed all six family members before turning the gun on himself.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/28/family.dead.california/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Crumbling economy will make for thinner boxes of Thin Mints

Girl Scouts from all over the nation have started cutting down the number per cookies to a box to save money. “The Girl Scouts of the USA confirmed Wednesday that it has reduced the number of cookies per box to save money because of rising transportation and baking costs.” There will be two to four fewer cookies in boxes of Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Shortbread Cookies, DoSiDos and Trefoils. Average sales are 700$ million a year, and now will rise. “Lower the net weight of our cookie boxes slightly rather than ask our customers to pay a higher per-package price during these difficult times," Tompkins said at the Girl Scout meeting.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/28/girl.scout.cookies/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Former CIA station chief target of rape inquiry

“The women told investigators that they think date-rape drugs were used in the assaults, which are said to have occurred at the officer's official residence.” While sourcing the chief’s home, investigators found about a dozen tapes that are thought to show the officer engaged in sexual acts. The man has not been charged yet; the allegations were made in the fall, when the unidentified officer was still serving as station chief.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/28/cia.rape.allegations/index.html?iref=mpstoryview