Venezuela have passed a new law in December 2015 that effectively bans GMOs from the country. The law imposes one of the toughest regulations on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the world. The anti-GMO law was approved by the National Assembly of Venezuela, and passed by popular demand. Ecowatch.com reports: Today, the new opposition coalition—the Roundtable of Democratic Unity—will take over.
A girl from Syria was tortured to death at the hands of a female ISIS extremist, for not complying with the Islamic caliphate’s dress code. Signs on her body reveal that she could have been beaten to death by ISIS terrorists, in the northern city of Manbij. ABNA reports: The 21-year-old victim, who was arrested last week for violating the Islamic dress imposed by ISIS extremists, died under torture at the hands of an ISIS female, known as Oum Farouq, in the ISIS detention center in the Syrian border city of Manbij.
A man beheads his wife and then entombs her head in concrete to use as weight to drown himself in an Austrian lake. The old man first strangled and dismembered his wife during the suspected murder-suicide. Japan Times reports: Police official Gottfried Mitterlehner said the couple were a 72-year-old man and his 71-year-old wife from Germany but did not further identify them. Officials told reporters the head was found in a block of concrete in a bag attached to the man’s hand. The other hand also was weighted down.
A woman from Hamburg, New York, successfully defended her drink driving charge, by claiming that her body is a natural brewery. Irish Independent reports: The woman was arrested while driving with a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit in New York state. She then discovered she had a rare condition called “auto-brewery syndrome”, in which her digestive system converts ordinary food into alcohol, according to her lawyer, Joseph Marusak.
And the hits just keep on coming. In a double-whammy for investors hoping to catch Chipotle's falling-knife, the mexican fast-food restaurant reports a 30% collapse in same-store-sales for December and receiving a grand jury subpoena with regard the California Norovirus event. The stock crashed 10% on the news. However, the stock's initial collapse has been rescued as CMG reports a boost to its buyback program... seriously!
From CMG's statement:
December 2015 Sales Trend Detail