How Abba Alhadi, 72, Saved Some of the World’s Rarest Manuscripts

Bulletin TodayBy Rukmini Callimachi of The Associated Press TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — For eight days after the Islamists set fire to one of the world’s most precious collections of ancient manuscripts, the alarm inside the building blared. It was an eerie, repetitive beeping, a cry from the innards of the injured library that echoed around the world. The al-Qaida-linked extremists who ransacked the institute wanted to deal a final blow to Mali, whose northern half they had held for 10 months …