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The US appointed Deborah K. Jones as its new ambassador to Libya, to replace Chris Stevens, who was killed along with three co-workers in Benghazi in September 2012. The NGO Handicap International destroyed 4,500 weapons in Sirte that had been collected by clearance agencies over the past year. The death toll in the so far unexplained alcohol poisoning in Tripoli has risen to 79 out of 709 reported cases.