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| | | DAVID WEINBERGER APRIL 15, 2012 Timbuktu librarians, scholars, and citizens preserving ancient documents and Islamic heritage On April 1, rebels overran Timbuktu, so, according to a Reuters article , librarians, scholars, and citizens in this important site of Islamic learning are hiding away thousands of irreplaceable manuscripts. In fact, citizens lined up to deny armed rebels access to the archives where 20,000 ancient manuscripts are stored. | EUEN SEMPLE APRIL 15, 2012 The web ain't what it used to be It was interesting to read The Guardian's interview with Sergei Brin today in which he expresses concern about commercial interests and governments damaging some of the principles that have made the web so successful, and Google so successful at searching it. We were each allowed to ask him one question. | | | | | | | | |
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