2012-07-20 19:16:45 Mali Manuscripts At Risk [RNW Africa]Many were shocked at the beginning of this month by images of fundamentalist Islamic rebels destroying historic tombs and mosques in Timbuktu in northern Mali. Those same rebels are now quartered in one of the city's libraries and there are fears an irreplaceable collection of ancient manuscripts could suffer the same fate.

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