A still from a video shows an Islamist militant celebrating and shouting  "Allahu Akbar"
A still from a video shows an Islamist militant celebrating and shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) as an ancient shrine in Timbuktu is destroyed. Mali's embattled interim government ramped up diplomatic efforts Tuesday to save the north from Islamist fighters who have smashed World Heritage shrines in Timbuktu and rigged another city with mines.