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After Looting, Burning, Iraqi Archive Makes Comeback

From ABC News:

In the weeks after the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, the charred, partly gutted Iraqi National Library and Archive became a symbol of the chaos and lawlessness that swept through the capital. . .
. . . Now, on the brink of the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s death, and some four years since it was looted, the library’s recovery is exceeding even the most optimistic predictions.