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Amiens

a city in N France: its Gothic cathedral is the largest church in France. Pop.: 135 501 (1999)
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The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy, was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which began on 8 August 1918, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, that ultimately led to the end of the First World War.
Amiens [France], October 1 ( ANI ): Saturday's Ligue 1 match between Amiens and Lille was abandoned after safety barriers collapsed, injuring around 20 supporters.
The study, conducted by Marek Szpalski, Hopitaux Iris Sud-Moliere Longchamp, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium; Robert Gunzburg, Department of Orthopaedics, Eeuwfeesikliniek, Antwerpen, Belgium; and Herve Deramond, Service de Radiologie A, CHU Amiens-Hopital Nord, Amiens, France, found that CORTOSS injected vertebral bodies were almost twice as strong as vertebral bodies injected with PMMA.
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