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Canada's finance minister sounded upbeat that Europe will resolve the Greek debt crisis next week following a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Friday.

The Airport Council International has announced the list of the top airports in the world.

The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion has been declared the world's hottest pepper following months of research by the experts at New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute. It is a golf ball-sized pepper, which mean heat topped more than 1.2 million units on the Scoville heat scale. Some fruits from some individual plants reached two million heat units, according to The Associated Press.

The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion reigns as the hottest pepper on the planet, according to research from New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy used his brand new Twitter account to official announce that he would seek re-election during France's 2012 presidential race.

Bruce Beresford-Redman, the former producer of Survivor accused of killing his wife during a family vacation in Cancun, Mexico, will stand trial in that country, Los Angeles station KNBC TV reports.

From her latest GQ spread to pregnancy rumors, sitcom turned screen star Jennifer Aniston has created quite the buzz. But how do you know what is true and what isn’t? If you’re feeling out of the loop and need some clarity on the “Friends” actress, here are five of the most popular Jennifer Aniston rumors floating around cyber space:

Labs whose experiments on dangerous pathogens are funded by the U.S. government must follow specific rules to keep the microbes from escaping, but those rules are not enforceable for researchers working with private funds. Outside the country, security and safety requirements vary widely, experts say.

A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday.

The hunt for elusive drug cartel leader Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo, got a shot in the arm Tuesday with the arrest of infamous meth producer Jaime Herrera in Mexico's Pacific coast state of Sinaloa.

Avon Products Inc reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results as sales slid in most markets, and executives raised the possibility of layoffs soon.

Paulo Rodrigues, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper in southwestern Brazil, was the second journalist to be murdered in Brazil in four days.

Avon Products Inc reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results as sales slid in every market except Latin America and the company saw a sharp drop in the number of representatives essential to selling its cosmetics directly to consumers.

Avon Products Inc reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results as sales slid in every market except Latin America and the company saw a 3 percent drop in the number of representatives who sell its cosmetics directly to consumers.

Just one day after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit northern California, two other earthquakes hit nearby early Valentine's Day: a 5.1-magnitude quake in northwest Mexico and a 3-magnitude earthquake in southern California.

Avon Products Inc's reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results as sales slid in every market except Latin America and the cosmetics direct seller lost sales representatives.

Chesapeake Energy Corp is seeking as much as $12 billion from assets sales and joint ventures to cope with a cash crunch amid rising debt and tumbling gas prices.

Sergio Jesus Rico, an engineer from Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute, has been nominated for a prestigious 2012 world water prize for his invention of solid rain. It hydrates crops by turning water into gel with potassium polyacrylate, a chemical that can then attach directly to plant roots and water them.

A court has ordered Mexico's competition watchdog to investigate claims of collusion between businesses controlled by telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim and Spain's Telefonica, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Sunday.

U.S. Catholic Church leaders said they will fight President Barack Obama's controversial birth-control insurance-coverage policy despite his compromise that religious employers would not have to offer free contraceptives for workers, shifting the responsibility to insurers.

NASA has released stunning night images captured from the vantage point of the International Space Station. Captured by a still camera aboard the ISS orbiting 240 miles above the Earth, the pictures will soon be available via NASA Television's video file.