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  1. Amb
    small frontier state, central North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. It became part of Pakistan in 1947. Amb has an area of 27 square miles (70 ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/56

  2. AMB
    Ambient
    Found on http://www3.sympatico.ca/dhaughey/j1930.

  3. AMB
    Ambianum (Amiens, France)
    Found on http://www.time-lines.co.uk/glossary-of-

  4. Amb
    (princely state) `Amb` was a princely state of the former British Indian Empire. In 1947, by the Indian Independence Act 1947, the British abandoned their supremacy, and following the Partition of India Amb`s Nawab decided to give up his state`s independence by acceding to the new country of ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amb

  5. Amb
    (Dadyal) `Amb` is a town in the Dadyal tehsil of Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It`s a beautiful village just before Dadyal City going from Mirpur. It has a mosque which was built in the 1980s. It also has a beach and mountains. The River Punch runs through Amb and most of Dadyal ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amb

  6. Amb Mt
    (from the article `South Asian arts`) Garab, meaning a votive pot, is the best known religious dance of Gujart. It is danced by a group of 50 to 100 women every year for nine nights in ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/57

  7. Amb-
    • Alt. of Ambi-
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. Amb-, Ambi-
    Amb-, Am·bi- [ Latin prefix ambi- , amb- , akin to Greek ..., Sanskrit abhi , Anglo-Saxon embe , emb , Old High German umbi , umpi , German um , and also Latin ambo both. Confer Amphi- , Both , ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/66

  9. Amba
    (from the article `Ruwenzori Range`) The Ruwenzori is economically important for copper and cobalt deposits, mined at Kilembe, Uganda. Hydropower for mining is provided by the Mubuku, ... Few ethnographically known tribes possess all the characteristics of the ideal, or model, tribe. The Amba of Uganda are considered to be one tribe ......
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/57

  10. amba
    (from the article `Eritrea`) ...and then capped by basalt (rock of volcanic origin). The upper layers have been highly dissected by deep gorges and river channels, forming small ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/57

  11. AMBA
    Also known as the Association of MBAs, a UK-based organization that offers accredits and approves high-quality MBA programs. The AMBA generally focuses on programs in the United Kingdom, but also evaluates international programs.
    Found on http://www.find-mba.com/mba-glossary

  12. Amba
    (Mahabharata) `Amba` (अम्‍बा) was the eldest daughter of King of Kashi in the Hindu epic of the Mahābhārata. Along with her sisters Ambika and Ambalika, she was taken by force by Bhishma from their Swayamvara. (Bhishma challenged the assembled Kings and P...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amba

  13. Amba
    (geology) An `amba` (Ge`ez: አምባ āmbā, Tigrinya: እምባ imbā) is a characteristic geologic form in Ethiopia. It is a steep sided, flat topped mountain, often the site of villages, wells and their surrounding farmland. These settlements were l...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amba

  14. Amba Alagi
    Mountain in Ethiopia where during World War II the occupying Italian forces under the Duke of Aosta made a last stand against the British-led invasion in May 1941. It was defended by 7,000 Italian...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  15. Amba Alagi
    `Amba Alagi` is a mountain, or an amba, in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi Zone of the Tigray Region, Amba Alagi dominates the roadway that runs past it from the city of Mek`ele south to Maychew. Because of its strategic location, Amba Alagi has been the location of several battles. As An...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amba_Alagi

  16. Amba Aradam
    `Amba Aradam` is a mountain in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi Zone of the Tigray Region, between Mek`ele and 0-->. The mount is famous for the Battle of Amba Aradam|Battle of Enderta that the Italians fought in order to capture Amba Aradam on 15 February 1936, and for the massacre three ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amba_Aradam

  17. Amba Bongo
    `Amba Bongo` is a writer and advocate for refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo-(Kinshasa. Bongo had been involved in the Congolese Ministry of Education, but had to flee after 1991 because she denounced its corruption. She applied for asylum status in the United Kingdom soon after flee...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amba_Bongo

  18. Amba Geshen
    `Amba Geshen` is the name of a mountain in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Wollo Zone (South Wollo) of the Amhara Region, northwest of display=inline,title-->. Part of Ambassel woreda, it is one of the mountains of Ethiopia where most of the male heirs to the Emperor of Ethiopia were interne...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amba_Geshen

  19. Amba Mariam
    `Amba Mariam` is a village in central Ethiopia. It was known as `Magdala` or `Meqdela` (መቅደላ meḳdelā) during the reign of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, Amba Mariam has a longitude and latitude of . Based ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amba_Mariam

  20. Amba people
    The `Amba` (pl. `Baamba` and known by various other names) are a people located in border area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda south of Lake Albert in the northern foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains. On the Uganda side, they are found in Bundibugyo District. On the Congolese side...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amba_people

  21. Ambás
    (Carreño) `Ambás ` is one of 12 parishes (administrative divisions) in Carreño, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The abbr=on--> in size, with a population of 225 (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|INE 2007). The postal code is 33438. Villages and hamlets:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambás

  22. Ambás
    (Grado) `Ambás` is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grado, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The population is 46 (INE 2008). Villages and hamlets:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambás

  23. Ambérieu-en-Bugey
    `Ambérieu-en-Bugey` is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France. It is the largest town in the arrondissement of Belley and the seat of the Ambérieu-en-Bugey canton, as well as the capital of the historic region of Bugey. Geography: The town lies in the commune`s western part, on t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambérieu

  24. Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base
    ) is a front-line `Armée de l`Air`--> (ALA) base located approximately 5 km north-northwest of Ambérieu-en-Bugey in the department of Ain in eastern France. Overview: Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base is a primary a depot repair and supply center of electronic equipment on board aircraft ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambérieu

  25. Ambérieux-en-Dombes
    `Ambérieux-en-Dombes` is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France. Population: Sights: The town is home to a 14th-century castle. Personalities: The commune was the birthplace of Gundobad, 6th-century king of the Burgundians. See also: References: External links:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambérieu



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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