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Islamists cried 'Allah' as they destroyed a Timbuktu mosque door with pick-axes, a witness says
By Staff Reporter
Map of Mali locating Timbuktu, where Islamist militants have destroyed the 'sacred' door of one of Timbuktu's three ancient mosques after smashing seven tombs of muslim saints over the weekend