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2012/05/28 07:33
2012/05/28 07:33
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MNLA Col. Abdou Haidara announced.Gunfire was heard in two major towns in the region -- Gao and Timbuktu -- as militants celebrated their decision to form a body to oversee Azawad. Several weeks...
2012/05/28 07:33
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2012/05/27 06:36
2012/05/27 06:36
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... Dine fought to establish Sharia or strict Islamic law, which they have started to do in Timbuktu, where they largely control. Their task was made easy by March's military coup in Bamako -...
2012/05/26 23:38
2012/05/26 23:38
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... safeguard World Heritage Properties in the country�s north � including the fabled city of Timbuktu � following reports of willful damage to mausoleums at the site. The measures were agreed...
2012/05/26 22:47
2012/05/26 22:47
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... plunged the country into chaos. Celebratory gunfire was heard across the city of Gao and Timbuktu after news of the agreement, residents said. (Reporting by Cheick Dioura and Adama Diarra;...
2012/05/24 19:29
2012/05/24 19:29
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Sankore mosque, Timbuktu, Mali. The United Nations agency tasked with safeguarding the world's cultural heritage and the Government of Mali have defined measures to safeguard World Heritage...
2012/05/24 10:34
2012/05/24 10:34
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... to occupy the vast north of the country, an area larger than France. In the fabled city of Timbuktu, witnesses reported that Ansar Dine and AQIM had on Wednesday destroyed a monument...
2012/05/23 03:36
2012/05/23 03:36
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... page Mali's coup crisis An Islamist militant group has taken control of the fabled city of Timbuktu in northern Mali. Although the city was once a centre of Islamic learning, the group has...
2012/05/22 12:06
2012/05/22 12:06
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... refugees with low supplies of food. Worldshare said that church and Christian property in Timbuktu and Gao has either been looted or destroyed. The charity has been working with a ministry...
2012/05/21 17:47
2012/05/21 17:47
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Timbuktu (Reuters) - Under a broiling midday sun, dozens of young men from Timbuktu in northern Mali dig with shovels and pails to clear a sand-choked well, in a desperate attempt to find water. Once...
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2012/05/15 18:47
2012/05/15 18:47
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Timbuktu (Reuters) - The Malian Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine said on Tuesday it would allow an aid convoy it had blocked outside the northern city of Timbuktu to deliver its food and medical...
2012/05/14 17:05
2012/05/14 17:05
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The fabled riches of Timbuktu have been the source of legends and myths for centuries, yet the West African region is also home to musical riches. Born a desert stone’s throw from Timbuktu, Khaira...
2012/05/12 02:05
2012/05/12 02:05
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The fabled riches of Timbuktu have been the source of legends and myths for centuries, yet the West African region is also home to musical riches. Born a desert stone’s throw from Timbuktu, Khaira...
2012/05/10 06:32
2012/05/10 06:32
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Theater, 221 E. Washington St. The powerful singer comes from a small village near the city of Timbuktu, Mali. There is a civil war in the area, and women and children are often victims in the...
2012/05/07 16:34
2012/05/07 16:34
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A Tuareg nomad stands near a 13th century mosque in Timbuktu in this March 19, 2004 file photo.Schools reopened Monday in the city of Timbuktu for the first time since an Islamic faction seized...
2012/05/07 04:15
2012/05/07 04:15
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Gaddafi who armed and paid them as mercenaries. They have taken the main towns of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu and imposed Sharia law. The flow of refugees into neighbouring Mauritania became a flood as...
2012/05/04 16:29
2012/05/04 16:29
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... in January world musicians – from Ali Farke Toure to Manu Chao – gather two hours north of Timbuktu to play in the sand, amidst nomadic tuaregs and a growing international crowd. Used even...
2012/05/03 09:34
2012/05/03 09:34
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A young vendor wears a veil as she walks along an alley in Timbuktu. In addition to adult women, girls and young women have begun covering their heads in Timbuktu, fearful of drawing attention from...
2012/05/03 09:29
2012/05/03 09:29
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... north of the country, and declared a Republic of Azawad, with its capital in the town of Timbuktu. There was hope that democratic order would be restored after President Toure emerged to...
2012/05/02 20:44
2012/05/02 20:44
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In this Tuesday, May 1, 2012 photo, a woman stands in front of a traditionally decorated door in Timbuktu, Mali. While government soldiers were fighting each other this week for control of the capital...
2012/05/02 15:36
2012/05/02 15:36
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... band. We are very worried for our families safety and especially for those who have remained in Timbuktu and the north. Their circumstances are now extremely difficult. The coup and rebellion have...