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Assistant Commissioner of Correctional Services Sin Yat-kin will become Deputy Commissioner February 2, replacing Ying Kwok-ching who will retire after 34 years' service. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis voted behind barbed wire and rings of police on Saturday in an election that tested the war-battered country's fragile security gains and which may ease lingering sectarian resentment still fuelling violence.

Locusts go from loners to swarm-lovers due to serotonin, a neurotransmitter found in most animals, say researchers who think the finding may lead to better control strategies for crop-devastating swarms.

President Obama orders the closing of a controversial detention facility, and U.S. banks face the possibility of nationalization. The Centre for Health Protection has urged people to take precautionary measures against seasonal influenza, noting there is a steady rise in the number of flu isolates signalling the winter flu season's arrival. SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - A Federal District Court judge told a hearing on Friday that he will likely rule for chip maker Micron and against chip designer Rambus in a contentious patent case.