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French Foreign Minister Fabius said Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Mali, and Egypt must work together to help Libya address the growing Islamist threat in the southern part of the country; al Qaeda uses the area for arms trafficking. Libya's Agriculture Minister resigned, for security and personal reasons; he is the third cabinet minister to resign this month. Three soldiers were killed and three more wounded when unknown assailants threw a bomb at a military checkpoint in Benghazi.