More at : http://news.yahoo.com/fleeing-islamists-leave-legacy-destruction-timbuktu-073255120.html
and: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/01/the-libraries-of-timbuktu.html
and: http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16752734-timbuktu-ancient-seat-of-islamic-learning
and: http://iqballatif.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16753647-now-burning-of-timbuktu-manuscripts-as-if-threats-to-sphinx-ferdowsis-tomb-and-persepolis-were-not-enough
and: http://paul-kennedy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16745180-french-mali-troops-drive-rebels-from-timbuktu-latimescom
and: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/world/africa/timbuktu-endured-terror-under-harsh-shariah-law.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130201&_r=0