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According to the U.S. TV network CNN, U.S. President Barack Obama at a briefing was told of possible security threats over the year-end holidays before his departure for Hawaii vacation.
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday the security measure that will be in place at the Big Apple landmark are "extraordinary."
by Mahmoud Fouly
CAIRO, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The recent diplomatic talks between Cairo and Khartoum are a step forward to restrain the growing tension between neighboring Egypt and Sudan and maintain the strategic and historical ties between the two countries, said Egyptian and Sudanese experts.
Cairo hosted on Saturday Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour who met with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi where they discussed methods of enhancing cooperation between the two countries.
The meetings came more than a week after Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir accused