Timbuktu: bulk manuscripts safe!
Experts say that while up to 2,000 manuscripts may have been lost at the South African-funded Ahmed Baba Institute ransacked by the rebels, the bulk of the around 300,000 texts existing in Timbuktu and its surrounding region are believed to be safe.
Timbuktu Manuscripts II Astronomy-Mathematics,
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