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Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley reporting tonight from Jackson Square in new orleans. Pelley good evening, we have a lot to get to on this super bowl eve, and we will tell you all about that in a moment. T first we are going to turn to a place that is legendary for being very far away. There was a remarkable spectacle in the town of timbuktu today, the center of culture in the african nature of mali, islamic extremists had taken over there, but this week, French Forces with american help retook it and today the french president capped the triumph with...

Me two of them now in ruins. Last spring the extremists decided they werent islamic enough and sent in a wrecking crew. We were heart heartbroken sidi told us but when we protested they fired their guns in the air to drive us away. At timbuktus library the extremist turned to arson just before they fled in january. Torching some of the 300,000 ancient arabic documents. But today the librarians have good news for frances president , the timely arrival of his army meant less than one percent of the collection has been destroyed. Now feeling safe again the people of timbuktu want the french army ...

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