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As Mali jihadist Ahmad Al-Mahdi faces the ICC over destroying cultural artifacts, we revisit the story of the unlikely scholarly heroes who saved Timbuktu's priceless written treasures from hard-line Jihadist rebels.
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Timbuktu: once a byword for the middle of nowhere, so remote to be thought of as fictional. Today its mystical aura and unique association with their historical roots remains. In contrast many African cities have become dirt poor homogenised replicas of each other. But following the end of a prolonged Islamist occupation the airport is closed, and the city's only access route is a dangerous road …
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