http://sfluxe.com Live. Love. Luxe. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:10:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're pleased to present this story from The BBC. The authorities in Angola say they have closed the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.Angolan officials said all movement of people from northern Luande Norte province to DR Congo would be stopped.The ... http://sfluxe.com/2009/01/05/ebola-alert-shuts-angolan-borders/ We're pleased to present this story from The BBC. About 100,000 North Koreans gathered and thrust fists into the air at a New Year rally in the capital, Pyongyang.Top government officials attended the apparent display of loyalty and affirmation of leader Kim Jong-il.Mr Kim did not appear in official footage of ... http://sfluxe.com/2009/01/05/n-korea-rallies-for-absent-leader/ We're pleased to present this story from The BBC. EU states will be closely monitoring their gas imports after Russian energy giant Gazprom said it would cut exports through Ukrainian pipelines by a fifth.Gazprom said it was reducing supplies to compensate for the amount it says Ukraine has been siphoning off.Russia ... http://sfluxe.com/2009/01/05/russia-cuts-transit-gas-by-fifth/ We're pleased to present this story from The BBC. Turkey says it is to restore the citizenship of one of its most illustrious poets and playwrights.Nazim Hikmet was stripped of his citizenship for his Marxist beliefs in the 1950s after he fled the country, having spent years in Turkish prisons.Hikmet, who ... http://sfluxe.com/2009/01/05/turkey-rehabilitates-poet-hikmet/ We're pleased to present this story from The BBC. By Richard BlackEnvironment correspondent, BBC News websiteThe US is to establish what it calls "the largest area of protected sea in the world" around its Pacific islands.Commercial fishing and mining will be banned in the protected zones which include the Marianas Trench, ... http://sfluxe.com/2009/01/05/us-vows-huge-marine-protection-2/ We're pleased to present this story from The BBC. By Richard BlackEnvironment correspondent, BBC News websiteThe US is to establish what it calls "the largest area of protected sea in the world" around its Pacific islands.Commercial fishing and mining will be banned in the protected zones which include the Marianas Trench, ... http://sfluxe.com/2009/01/05/us-vows-huge-marine-protection/ We're pleased to present this story from The BBC. Israeli troops have clashed with Palestinian militants on the edge of Gaza City on the third night of Israel's ground assault on Gaza.The Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups say fighters engaged Israeli soldiers with machine guns and rocket fire.Three Israeli soldiers were ... http://sfluxe.com/2009/01/05/fighting-flares-outside-gaza-city/ We're pleased to present this story from The BBC. Rescuers are searching for a Japanese sailor reported missing from a whaling ship in the Antarctic.Hajime Shirasaki, 30, is believed to have fallen overboard in freezing conditions south of New Zealand.The authorities have said there is little chance that Mr Shirasaki will ... http://sfluxe.com/2009/01/05/japanese-whaler-reported-missing/ We're pleased to present this story from The BBC. By Maggie ShielsTechnology reporter, Macworld, San FranciscoThe health of Apple boss Steve Jobs was a hot topic of conversation on the opening day of Macworld, the annual tech gathering of the Mac faithful.Mr Jobs said his move not to present the Macworld ... http://sfluxe.com/2009/01/05/missing-the-driver/ For San Francisco readers keeping up-to-date on world news, we are pleased to present this story from The BBC. Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol marks out children at higher risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome as adults, experts believe. These children if exposed to trauma, particularly emotional maltreatment and ... http://sfluxe.com/2009/01/05/stress-hormone-a-marker-for-me/