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Rebuilding Iraq's Once-Prized Library The looting of Iraq's Archeological Museum was highly publicized after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. But Iraq's National Library and Archives suffered even more devastating losses. With almost everything lost and little money to repair and replace, the library has had difficulty regaining its footing. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports.

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Rebuilding Iraq's Once-Prized Library

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The looting of Iraq's Archeological Museum was highly publicized after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. But Iraq's National Library and Archives suffered even more devastating losses. With almost everything lost and little money to repair and replace, the library has had difficulty regaining its footing. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports.