The Australian government has ordered a huge safety audit of every home that was fitted with foil insulation as part of a nationwide energy-saving plan. The insulation programme was suspended after it was linked to a number of electrocution deaths. Tens of... Full Article at BBC News

Amir Abdillah is charged under the anti-terror laws of concealing information and harbouring terrorists. Prosecutors said he was the driver for alleged terrorist Noordin Top, who was shot by police in a September raid on a central Java village. The hotel bombings... Full Article at BBC News

Harris' fishing vessel was based in Seattle. FOX News encourages you to participate in this discussion; however, please be sure to review our Terms of Use and Privacy Statement You must be logged in to comment. Please login or register below. Already a member... Full Article at FOX News

The key document in the case is a seven-paragraph summary of what the CIA told their MI5 counterparts in London about Mr Mohamed's treatment. Last year, the High Court said the seven paragraphs should be published saying that they did not believe that the... Full Article at BBC News

In a recording posted online, Scott Roeder, who was convicted of killing the abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, compared Dr. Tiller’s family to the relatives of a hit man. In his first public comments since his trial, Mr. Roeder also criticized those who... Full Article at The New York Times

The Target Corporation is pulling its two Valentine’s Day “Message Bears” from store shelves, the company said on Tuesday, a day after the California attorney general said testing of the toys revealed lead levels that violated federal law for products for... Full Article at The New York Times

The man who took hostages in 2007 at a presidential campaign office of Hillary Rodham Clinton in Rochester cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet Tuesday and is a fugitive. The man, Leeland Eisenberg, cut off the bracelet a day after he was given a “last... Full Article at The New York Times

A last-minute decision by MTV in Mexico not to broadcast an episode of the US cartoon show South Park has caused controversy. The episode portrays Mexico's president as a leader who wastes funds and irritates the international community. MTV Mexico said they... Full Article at BBC News

SAN FRANCISCO State health officials said Tuesday that there was no evidence of a single cause for a series of birth defects in a central California farming town that is adjacent to the largest hazardous waste landfill in the West. The initial findings from... Full Article at The New York Times

The number of illegal immigrants in the United States declined to 10.8 million in January 2009, a drop of one million since a peak in 2007, according to an estimate Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security. Demographers said the figures, based on census... Full Article at The New York Times

Two years after announcing that it was eliminating all loans from its financial-aid packages, Dartmouth College is re-instituting a loan requirement for many financial-aid recipients. Under the policy, which takes effect with the class entering in the fall... Full Article at The New York Times

Residents of fire-scarred foothill communities near Los Angeles, some still digging out from a deluge of mud over the weekend, were told to evacuate their homes Tuesday as another strong storm hit the region. The authorities issued evacuation orders for 527... Full Article at The New York Times

Ministers are facing further pressure over plans to provide free personal care for the most vulnerable elderly people in England. More than 70 councillors who lead social care provision across England have written to the Times describing the plan as ill-conceived... Full Article at BBC News

HOUSTON Arsonists are to blame for a series of fires that has left at least seven churches in ruins in small East Texas towns over the last five weeks, federal investigators said Tuesday. The fires have enraged and puzzled residents of Athens, Tyler and several... Full Article at The New York Times

A French excavation team was working the site, which collapsed in the January 12 earthquake, said Lt. Col. Christophe Renou of French Civil Protection. The team spotted a body in the rubble and brought in an excavation machine, which resembles a bulldozer,... Full Article at CNN

Va. L. Douglas Wilder is urging President Barack Obama to fire Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, another former Virginia governor. Wilder wrote of Kaine, in a column for the Politico news Web site, that "the chairmanship of the Democratic National... Full Article at FOX News

Bobby Jindal, could toast the team's 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts. "How's the 'Who Dat' nation feel tonight?" Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees yelled when his float stopped at the reviewing stand. "This toast goes out to you. We love you and we won that championship... Full Article at FOX News