Spanish bank BBVA tells the BBC it is switching its 110,000 staff to use Google’s cloud-computing software in the largest deal of its kind.

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Astronomers have found the largest known galaxy cluster in the ancient Universe, calling it “El Gordo” – Spanish for “the Fat One”.

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MOSCOW — Few of the Russians who intend to turn out Saturday to take part in what could be the largest push for democracy here in decades expect an early Christmas present. They do not voice confidence that their demands — an end to corruption, a more open political life — will be met overnight. And it is not yet clear what direction the new activists will take in the future. Read full article > >

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The attack was one of the largest attacks yet on Syrian security forces by a growing armed insurgency.

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Syria Army Defectors Said to Kill 27 Soldiers in Coordinated Assault

The owner of the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia, where 29 men died in an explosion last year, has agreed to pay $209 million in civil and criminal penalties and promised to make major safety improvements to its mines, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. The deal between the federal government and Alpha Natural Resources, which acquired the Upper Big Branch coal field when it bought out Massey Energy in June, is the largest settlement in a criminal investigation of a mine disaster in U.S. history, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Read full article > >

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W.Va. coal mine to pay historic $209M settlement in blast that killed 29 miners

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The owner of a West Virginia mine where 29 men died in the deadliest U.S. coalfield accident in decades will pay $210 million, the largest settlement ever in a federal investigation of a mine disaster, prosecutors said Tuesday. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said the deal would compensate victims’ families, pay fines and improve underground safety. It also does not prevent the future prosecutions of individuals on criminal charges in the April 2010 blast. Read full article > >

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MOSCOW — Police hauled away about 300 protesters Monday night after thousands of demonstrators gathered near a metro station chanting “Russia Without Putin” and “We Need New Elections.” The protest, the largest opposition gathering in years, follows a poorer-than-expected showing by Prime Minister Vladi­mir V. Putin’s ruling party in Sunday’s parliamentary election . Read full article > >

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The last U.S. troops to occupy Camp Victory, once one of the largest and most high-profile American military bases in Iraq, left Friday afternoon as the Iraqi government assumed control of the sprawling complex near Baghdad's main airport.

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Leaders of the largest county in the US state of Alabama vote to file for a multi-billion dollar bankruptcy, expected to be the costliest in US municipal history.

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Alabama’s most populous county filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history Wednesday, years after being plunged more than $4 billion into debt by a corruption-riddled sewer project.

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An Air Force investigation and another by the Office of Special Counsel find troubles at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary, the largest in the nation.

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Senior Air Force Officials Disciplined Over Handling of Human Remains

ATHENS, Greece — A two-day general strike that unions vow will be the largest in years grounded flights, disrupted public transport and shut down everything from shops to schools in Greece on Wednesday, as at least 50,000 protesters converged in central Athens. All sectors, from dentists, state hospital doctors and lawyers to shop owners, tax office workers, pharmacists, teachers and dock workers walked off the job ahead of a Parliamentary vote Thursday on new austerity measures. Read full article > >

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Some 2,000 people march on New York’s police HQ in the largest protest yet under the banner Occupy Wall Street, amid rumours of an appearance by Radiohead.

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Crowds swell Wall Street protests

Typhoon Nesat is the largest storm to hit the Philippines this year and has forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate.

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Fairfax County Superintendent Jack D. Dale, who has weathered a brutal recession and parent frustrations while steering one of the nation’s top-performing suburban school systems for the past seven years, announced Thursday he will retire when his contract ends in June 2013. The impending leadership change in the 175,000-student system, the largest in Virginia and the Washington area, comes during a period of widespread transition as new school chiefs have taken command in the District and Montgomery County. Read full article > >

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