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There are more pyramids in Sudan than in Egypt!
Prof Fausto Pinto (Portugal) former European Society of
Cardiology president front left with Prof Elijah Ogola (Kenia)
Joint congress in Khartoum, Sudan
Please refer to the congress text on page 408