Michelin may open India factory in 3 years: CEO Jun 21, 2009
Michelin rival Continental recently announced the closure of its factory in Clairoix, north of Paris, with the loss of 1,120 jobs, while Goodyear Dunlop has laid off 820 workers at its Amiens plant in the north. Recommend. (Yahoo! Asia News)
World's first face, hands transplant patient dies Jun 16, 2009
A French woman, Isabelle Dinoire, underwent the first partial face transplant in 2005 in Amiens, France. Other recipients include another European patient, a Chinese farmer and a woman operated on last year in Cleveland, Ohio. (MSNBC -- Health)
Curators of the lost axe tell their tale May 30, 2009
Dr Kruszynski found it at the London museum, with a minute Victorian label recording the date and quarry where it was found outside Amiens. A photograph showed the quarrymen who uncovered the axe, one pointing to it still half-buried in gravel. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
* The French connection May 13, 2009
By Angelique Chrisafis THE GUARDIAN, AMIENS, NORTHERN FRANCE Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Page 14. Its nearly midnight in Amiens, the city below the ghostly battlefields of the Somme ... Married to director Ronald Chammah, she has three children, including young actor Lolita Chammah, with whom she is currently filming in Amiens. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Face transplant surgeries gaining ground Apr 13, 2009
The world's first transplant in 2005 was led by Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard in Amiens, France, who treated Isabelle Dinoire, a woman who had been mauled by a dog and grotesquely disfigured. Dinoire's appearance today is virtually normal. (MSNBC -- Health)
Worldwide, 7 face transplants completed Apr 11, 2009
Nov. 27, 2005, Amiens, France: Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard led transplant surgery on Isabelle Dinoire, disfigured by a dog mauling. She experienced some problems with her immune system rejecting the new tissue, but she improved. (Boston Globe)
French hospital performs face, hand transplants Apr 8, 2009
A French woman, Isabelle Dinoire, underwent the first partial face transplant in 2005 in Amiens, France. Other recipients include another European patient, a Chinese farmer and a woman operated on late last year in Cleveland, Ohio. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
French claim full face transplant Apr 8, 2009
The first partial face transplant was carried out by doctors in Amiens in 2005 on Isabelle Dinoire, a 38-year-old woman who had been mauled by her dog. She received a new nose, chin and lips. (BBC News -- Europe)
Burn victim has face, hand transplants Apr 7, 2009
A French woman, Isabelle Dinoire, underwent the first partial face transplant in 2005 in Amiens, France. Other recipients include another European patient, a Chinese farmer and a woman operated on Dinoire was disfigured when her dog chewed her face after she passed out from an overdose of sleeping pills. (MSNBC -- Health)
* French proposal may erase ancient regions from map Mar 7, 2009
STREAMLINING: A plan to reform Frances complex administrative system by redrawing boundaries or eliminating regions has stirred a storm of protest THE GUARDIAN, AMIENS, FRANCE Saturday, Mar 07, 2009, Page 6. Francoise Rose-Auvet stands on stage before a row of inquisitive faces and introduces the puppets of Amiens to her youthful, restless audience ... Born and brought up in the region around Amiens in northeastern France, she is Picard and fiercely proud of it. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* World News Quick Take Feb 18, 2009
On Monday, they kidnapped a motorist and his grandson in the town of Amiens and forced them to drive to Arras where they released them unharmed. UNITED KINGDOM. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Sarkozy's style makeover: less in-your-face, more statesmanlike Mar 23, 2008
Sarkozy may be taking a cue from pollsters who analyzed why his conservative UMP party lost cities including Toulouse, Strasbourg, Amiens, Caen, Rouen and Reims in local elections that ended March 16. A CSA-Dexia poll said 58 percent of respondents said he should "adopt a more presidential style." Some 67 percent of voters wanted the government to continue its reforms confirmation that the problem is more about style than substance. (International Herald Tribune)
Sarkozy promises reforms, more jobs Mar 18, 2008
Paris and Lyon stayed in Socialist hands, while Toulouse, Strasbourg, Blois, Reims, Caen, and Amiens were among many towns and cities that swung left. In Perigueux, Xavier Darcos, education minister, lost his reelection bid. (Boston Globe)
Polls: Sarkozy's party lags in local elections Mar 17, 2008
The ministry's official results showed conservatives and centrists lost mayorships in Strasbourg, Blois, Reims, Caen and Amiens. Projections by the polling agencies Ipsos and TNS-Sofres showed other towns set to switch to leftist hands. (USA Today -- News)
Profiles of Bellfield's victims Feb 26, 2008
Ms Delagrange, from Amiens in France, had passed her baccalaureate exams "with ease", and spent six weeks living in Manchester as part of a language course. She enjoyed and wanted to return to the UK - she had been living in Twickenham for just three months when she was killed. (BBC News -- UK)
Cash carrot for obese people to lose pounds Jan 26, 2008
Damian Hazlewood, Amiens, France. Whilst I agree that cash incentives are a really bad idea, I have to say that I'm quite shocked at the comments aimed at overweight people. (Times Online)
Falcon peeking into his future Jan 25, 2008
It had stops along the way in his family's homeland of Israel, as well as Belgrade and Amiens, France -- sites of the 2005 and 2006 world hockey championships, which turned Oren Eizenman into a national hero of sorts. Do you believe in miracles. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking Jan 8, 2008
France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Lyon hospital/Handout. (Scientific American)
Partial Face Transplant Patient Doing Well Dec 14, 2007
Dubernard and his team grafted a nose, lips and chin onto the woman's face on Nov. 27, 2005, in Amiens, France. The donor was a brain-dead, 46-year-old woman with the same blood type as the patient. (MEDLINEplus)
Face transplant patient's struggles Dec 13, 2007
Dinoire had the transplant in November 2005, in an operation performed in Amiens, France. She was horribly disfigured six months earlier, when her pet Labrador chewed her face while she was passed out from an overdose of sleeping pills. (MSNBC -- Health)
Timeline: French riots Nov 26, 2007
The northern city of Amiens is the first to impose a curfew. Police say the level of violence is dropping, although incidents remain widespread across France. (BBC News -- Europe)
Pauleta nets a double in PSGs League Cup victory Nov 2, 2007
For a place in the semi-finals, Lens will face Nancy, who beat Second Division Amiens 1-0 on Tuesday. Reuters. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Spot-on Marseille knock out Metz Nov 1, 2007
Nancy knocked out Second Division Amiens 1-0 courtesy of an early penalty from forward Moncef Zerka. Reuters. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Transplant woman tells of life with new face Oct 5, 2007
She said of the discovery of a hair on her chin: "It was odd. I'd never had one. I thought, it's me that has given it life, but the hair is hers.When she dreams, she has her old face. She does not want to get rid of her identity card, with a photo of her original face, because she feels her old self will disappear. But she says she has rebuilt her life. Even before the operation, she had bought a new dog. It licks her on the ears, but instinctively never on the grafted part of her face.She... (Guardian Unlimited)
Rugby Union: Among losers, Georgia triumphs, 30-0, over Namibia Sep 27, 2007
It was played in nearby Amiens and broadcast live by a channel that does not have the rights to the rugby. The soccer game kicked off a little before the rugby. (International Herald Tribune)
France Races to Oust Illegal Immigrants Sep 23, 2007
The 12-year-old Russian boy, who was fleeing with his illegal alien father in the northern town of Amiens, has been hospitalized with serious head injuries since early August. The North African man in the southern town of Roussillon suffered double fractures to his leg. (Newsmax)
Intensive versus Conventional Treatment in AL Amyloidosis Sep 13, 2007
From Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Universit; et Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 6101, Limoges (A.J., F.Q., M.C.); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes (P.M.); H pital Piti; Salp tri;re, Assistance Publique H pitaux de Paris and Universit; Paris VI, Paris (V.L., J.-C.P.); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lille (X.L.); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Tours (L.B.); H pital Necker, Assistance Publique H pitaux de Paris, Universit; Paris V, and Centre National de la... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Silence on the Somme Sep 8, 2007
This onslaught started in mid-March and, as expected, having advanced through Belgium, the Germans brushed aside the British resistance and continued towards Amiens, the only city between them and Paris ... He and his staff worked night and day for five weeks preparing for what would be known as the Battle of Amiens, possibly the most decisive battle of the war. (The Australian)
At la00004000st, service for Anzacs on Western Front Sep 8, 2007
Mr Lelieur said: "Why not? We would be happy to have a ceremony here every year and visitors can always stay at nearby Amiens.". Readers interested in attending this dawn service as part of the Herald's 90th anniversary Western Front Tour, led by Jonathan King, can phone 1800 624 070. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Our sacrifice, at home and abroad Apr 25, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. The story was powerful enough: a tale of a mother's love and her son's courage in war. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Hopelands' labyrinths dedicated Apr 22, 2007
The design is patterned after a 13th century labyrinth in Amiens, France. Labyrinths have been used for about 4,000 years. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Bigamist, deserter - and army poster boy Apr 14, 2007
He was wounded three times, including in 1916 at Pozieres and in 1918 near Villers-Bretonneux, on the first day of the Battle of Amiens, where his knee was shattered and his war ended ... Private Katte spent much of the rest of his war in hospital before rejoining his battalion before the Battle of Amiens. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Vimy Ridge: The making of a myth Apr 7, 2007
The Canadians had equal casualties and more strategic successes in other battles, such as Amiens and Passchendaele. If French or British rather than Canadian troops had driven the German enemy off Vimy Ridge, history probably would have forgotten about it. (Globe and Mail)
The Crucible Apr 1, 2007
They smashed German positions at Amiens, Canal du Nord and Cambrai. "The Canadians are an elite fighting force, maybe the only time in our history when our allies look at us and say: `The Canadians are the best, they are the shock troops,'" Cook says. (Toronto Star)
