laurent gbagbo was captured earlier today. alassane ouattara urged people to steer clear from violence. hillary clinton said this was a message to other leaders who stayed in power for too long. >> and of the meek -- an oddly meek gbagbo emerges. >> i hope we start of -- stop the firefighting so that countrn go back to normal. >> his only reward a clean shirt to cover his humiliation. he is not the only to cling to power. how many and up like this? >> laurent gbagbo has been arrested and is alive and will be brought to justice. >> repeated assaults beaten back. in the end, french and un forces had to pound the building and help plan the final storming of the heavily guarded residence. -- in the final storming of the heavily guarded residence. the sudden realization that is over. -- is over. -- it is over. >> the news is spreading in this neighborhood. people here [inaudible] months of uncertainty. now it seems laurent gbagbo are is gone. people are starting to celebrate. laurent gbagbo still has support in parts of this countr

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gbagbo's last major stronghold. he had refused to cede power to ouattara since the november election. even as the world's largest cocoa producer stood on the brink of an all out civil war. for more on the situation, we turn to dominique dieudonne, the west africa program officer for the national endowment for democracy. she was in ivory coast for the elections. and j. peter pham, director of the atlantic council's africa center. dominique dieudonne, after the november elections laurent gbagbo dug in his heels, said he wasn't leaving. what has been the trigger, the turning point? what changed in the last several days to open at least the possibility of a negotiated settlement? >> i think he was probably under the impression that he was going to be able to do what he wanted which was sustain power. so i think the events of the last couple of days with the french coming on helping the u.n. and having a sort of a strong military presence that said we're going to do this differently because the political and diplomatic n

the problem with gbagbo needs to be solved very quickly.econdly, all the forces need to quickly secure the entire country. right now in abidjan there are thousands of young people who have been supplied rifles, and these guys are totally uncontrolled, and that is a huge problem that has to be solved very quickly. otherwise, the country could really fall into chaos, total chaos. >> nato has dismissed criticism of the impact of its air strikes on libya, saying the number of attacks is increasing elfry day. rebel leaders have complained that they haven't done enough to support their forces. our correspondent has been talking to the rebels fighting near the key oil town of brega. she has sent this report. >> preparing for battle. another push for the oil town of brega. but after days of defeat, the rebels are studying the enemy more carefully. thanks to nato air strikes, colorado gaddafi's men can't risk moving in tanks. so now they travel light, just like the rebels. >> they are employing techniques to confuse us. they are using the same vehic

gbagbo's forces. the situation changed when forces loyal to alassane ouattara in the north of ivory coast launched a swift offensive southwards to put military pressure on mr. gbagbo, where political pressure and mediation had failed to bring results. mike wooldridge, bbc news. >> and mike wooldridge, our world affairs correspondent, is with me now. why is it, given this has been going on since november, why is it that ouattara supporters now feel reinvigorated over the past 10 days or two weeks? >> i think for two reasons probably, but clearly a strategic decision has been taken by mr. ouattara and those around him that they should turn it into -- if you like a more conventional military campaign, bringing these, as we've just seen, quite well trained soldiers down from the north to try to take territory that has been under mr. gbagbo's control in the south. mr. gbagbo has been losing territory in the course that these forces have come down southwards from the old cease-fire line after an earlier civ

the end of the laurent gbagbo era and the beginning of civil war. and these gravestones still a little-known tale of people pursuing the american dream all the way to brazil. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. and outrageous act led by an obscure anti-islamic preacher has produced a terrible result. what may prove to be the deadliest attack ever on u.n. personnel in afghanistan. last summer, terry jones presided as the muslim holy book the koran was burned at his tiny church. video has produced angry reaction. humphrey of sleet reports on the deadly outbreak of violence. -- humphrey hawksley. >> it began after friday prayers, protesters angry about the burning of the iran marched on the u.n. headquarters. they chanted "death to the u.s. and death to israel." for awhile, it was relatively peaceful. then violence broke out afghan police fired into the air, but that did not stop things. it is thought to be the worst assaults on u.n. in afghanistan. afghan police said two of the victims were be headed by the attackers. >

do you know what the current situation is with laurent gbagbo?the situation is still deeply disturbing. i was in the west of the country where we were managed to identify two sides of serious crimes that were committed between the second half of march and the end of march. in the first incident about a hundred deaths, in the second one, about 230. it is unclear who is exactly the perpetuator. but it is noticeable. that victims were of the different ethnic group and political affiliation than troops that were in the control of the area. so it was one ethnic group targeted at one incident, at a second incident that has caused 230 deaths. it's our approximation was -- the victims were of the other ethnic group. still a lot of displaced persons. they were around catholic church. still about 18,000 persons. the number is decreasing but quite slowly. also, we have heard reliable information that in the vicinity of a city further west, there are still some -- about a hundred dead bodies that are scattered around that have not yet even been collected. as

will its leadership stick with gbagbo, or will they abandon him? >> my hope is that we don't get to a point where the full blown civil war. i am also hoping that as the pro-ouattara forces continue to gain momentum that a lot of the military that is supporting laurent gbagbo in the past will pause and ask themselves the question whether its worth fighting for a cause that is a lost cause. >> warner: christopher fomunyoh, senior africa associate at the national democratic institute, says threat of prosecution from the international community may sway them. >> i'm also heartened by the that various officers even within the military would have to pause and ask themselves whether they want to be held accountable for gross violations of human rights or for helping aid civil war in a country such as cote divoire. >> warner: today the army's top commander in fact fled his post, seeking refuge in the south african embassy. outtara urged others to follow him. >> ( translated ): to all those who are still hesitating, whether you are generals, superior office

could the and be near for laurent gbagbo? inner circle beginning to crumble? after his foreign minister fleas, a senior libyan official has secret talks in london. surrendered. there are serious gun fires around me. >> another resident of abidjan says explosions have been so loud that they made the earth shake. the word from the spokesman for laurent gbagbo is that he will not give up. >> we will put up a fight. the president is not going to step down. he has been elected for five years and there will be a fight, if it comes to it. we will react. we pray to the glory of god the things will be ok. >> french troops from a force stationed in ivory coast have been in control in the streets of abidjan. 500 foreigners have sought refuge in a french military camp. four months of political stalemate and on and off clashes since most of the world recognized alassane ouattara as the winner of the election and urged his rival to accept defeat and step down. during that time, mr. ouattara has been protected by the un. the situation changed when forces loyal to alassane ou

laurent gbagbo have apparently locked themselves in the bunker, there are rerts gbagbo is negotiating his a surrender. he lost the election last november but still refuses to step down. the international community has recognized ouattara as the president. >> laurent gbagbo has come under increasing pressure after united nations and french troops started targeting his forces. he is said to be hiding in a bunker in his home. after the heavy fighting shook abidjan on friday, the situation was reportedly more, and tuesday. -- more called on tuesday. france has been cost trying to persuade gbagbo to give up the fight. >> what we what now is for gbagbo not to resist any further, and if there's a possibility he leaves power today, we are ready for that. >> evidence of the fighting can be seen in many parts of the capital, a dijon. now, the forces for ouattara seemed to have the city under control. they say they have taken the presidential residence and surrounded gbagbo's private home. >> libyan rebels are saying nato is not doing enough and moving too slow. rebels have complained of a fallo

gbagbo's supporters will stop fighting. it has en arampian months here, anothe--a grim a few mont here, ather ugh sk. andrarding, bbc ns,vory coast. >> the arrestf laent gbagbo and a four-month standoff, but it may not be annncedtill in a civil r. tonight, assan ouattara addressed his natio but he takes over a deey- divided nation and forgg unity will be no easy sk. lan little has thatart e story. >> it is an oldnd unhpy rica story a lder can only be removed by forc but what of assa ouattara and the ivory coast h has the lead after theiser the problems he inherits are immense. here arhundreds of thousands of people to bring home. a securi nigmare, with forces loyal to laurt gbbo stilarme the economic task of rebuilding ivoryoast's once plantxpor trade, and the thornqueson of justice. should ggbo face prosecution and if so, where and by him? mo pple needo be --ore han million people are displac in ed to getome. buthe cil war is notet over. its otsremain unresolved. the slimorth and the chriian south ar locked in tualnimosity

gbagbo mself. sparking panic amgst civilians ce again near theity nter. mr. gant of its apparent m gbagbo aareny sll refusing to handver control of the countrytaki refuge in of opera which is now being storms. he said he did not plan die there. >> you have remember that in 2002, we were attacd rebels. in ft, the sam o. was sai then i was hiding in e bunr. the forces lal to s opponent, assa ouatta, have been givenrderto capte him ali. ey s he can be ought to juste. today, anhe prinent ternional figure calls on mr. gbagbo sta it wn immediely,aying he had a lot to answer for. >> he has creed aituion wher many innocent people have been killed. he has bten the provisions within the coury. and i wld hope at wn president ouattara takesver,e wio everhing hean to heal and reconcile the nation. >> andhe midstf th fighting, the unite nations and french peakeepers havetill be makg their prence felt. this is a itic moment for the coury. the biggestea now is that ivorcoas cldescend ito all-out civil war. richd gain, bbc news. >> for a brief te, i spoke to gela harng, who i

>>the key thing to remember is at lrent gbagbo is not some minoplayer here. sresident for my yes.se here. well lotf people want to t him on tri or in exile, there are a loof peopleho sll like him, and minoty of ose ooulde prepareto fig on. for alice found t tara -- fo alassane ouaara, he nee to find a w to nulfy tse peop. >> andrew harng there. next toibya where gaddafi has se raming three-page lter to barack oba, asking him to halt natair rikes. e rponse is not exact wha he wanted. allied operations continue i misurata i the west. -- misrata and the west. rla guerin has been talkg to theebels at brega. sh sd th report. >> preparing for battle. another sh for the oilown of brega. t aer ds of defeat, th rebelsre sdying the emy more carefly. thks to natoairstrikes, lonel gdafi' men cannot ri movg ianks, snow they tral light, st like the rebels. >> they are emoyintechniques to confuse us they are using the samevehies and uniforms tha we use. we cannot tell the difference. they can mov fast and get amont us andarry out ambushes. >>he rebs arloading up their shrapnel bfore moving rward

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troops have captured laurent gbagbo. he was seized in his bunker in abidjan at the climax of a power struggle that left hundreds of civilians dead. he held power for 11 years and refuse to admit defeat in the elections. >> i've korean television carried the first images of laurent gbagbo after a rest. he's now being held in a hotel. he appealed for an end to the fighting in a brief statement. >> i hope we can stop the fighting and get to the civilian part of the crisis and and it quickly so the country can get back to normal. >> now all eyes are on ouattara after months of of violence. the ambassador to the un said gbagbo would be prosecuted. >> he is alive, most importantly, and he will be brought to justice for the crimes he has committed. >> but there are also claims that ouattara's troops committed atrocities on their own. they are investigating killings in one town. >> we know that the killings have taken place while forces of the president were in control of the area. but who has committed the killings, we are gath

is this the end of the laurent gbagbo era or the beginning of civil war? and did these gravestones tell a little-known tale -- people pursuing the american dream all the way to brazil. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. an outrageous act led by an obscure anti-islamic preacher has produced a terrible result. what may prove to be the deadliest-ever attack on u.s. personnel in afghanistan. earlier this month, terry jones presided as the koran burned at his church in florida. the act when nearly unnoticed year, but the video of the then surfaced on the internet, provoking angry reaction. the protests began peacefully. they did not in that way. we have more on the deadly outbreak of violence. >> after friday prayers, the protests began in many afghan cities. hundreds of korans had been destroyed, not just one. "death to america digest date shouts. -- "death to america," bait shop. -- they shout. the outer wall was breached. the u.n. staff inside were hunted down. two were beheaded, it is claimed. afghans blamed the u.n. guard.

gbagbo won reelection.r case, the -- if you look at what they had in the primaries, what we call primaries, in the first round president gbagbo got thousands of votes, thousands of votes in the northern five districts. and when they did the runoff, he did zero, zero votes. that's a statistical impossibility. what did our state department do? nothing. i didn't receive -- finally received a response to my two letters saying that they think this is all fraudulent. they're not going to change their mind. this is sub-sahara africa. do they really care? i can only conclude, mr. president, that our state department is engaging in a whitewash of any credible investigation into my allegation. so, mr. -- madam president, i call again on the u.n., french and what you what you forces to halt -- and quattara forces to halt the violence including that being done against president gbagbo and the first lady. they will be held personally responsible if any more harm comes to them. i call for an independent investigation int

is this the end of the laurent gbagbo era or the beginning of civil war? and did these gravestones tell a little-known tale -- people pursuing the american dream all the way to brazil. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. an outrageous act led by an obscure anti-islamic preacher has produced a terrible result. what may prove to be the deadliest-ever attack on u.s. personnel in afghanistan. earlier this month, terry jones presided as the koran burned at his church in florida. the act when nearly unnoticed year, but the video of the then surfaced on the internet, provoking angry reaction. the protests began peacefully. they did not in that way. we have more on the deadly outbreak of violence. >> after friday prayers, the protests began in many afghan cities. hundreds of korans had been destroyed, not just one. "death to america digest date shouts. -- "death to america," bait shop. -- they shout. the outer wall was breached. the u.n. staff inside were hunted down. two were beheaded, it is claimed. afghans blamed the u.n. guard.

these soldiers may not have sieged laurent gbagbo, but they are consolidating their hold. the security situation in this neighborhood has changed dramatically in the past 24 hours. it feels like parts of the city are slowly coming back to light, yet just a few blocks away, the local police chief says it is still too dangerous for his soldiers to leave their homes. we quickly found out why. with the rain came afternoon fire fight and frustration. a commander who earlier told his men to stop looting now urging them to stop diddling. while the soldiers had out to fight, local residents find themselves back in a familiar predicament. an hour ago, this area was quiet and supposedly stable. we heard mortar fire, automatic gunfire. soldiers say their positions are under attack. a reminder how difficult it is proving to stabilize the situation in abidjan. there is progress here, but the siege and skirmishes drag on. >> the clock is ticking and washington and if they don't reach a budget deal soon, a government shutdown will begin at midnight local time, in just under three hours.

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gbagbo's residents compared with start of the job and we inflicted a lot of damage on it. the fight goes on and we will finish the job. >> pro-ouatarra fighters already captured many ave gbagbo for system of being held in a close down playstation but more than a thousand are thought to be ready to lay down their lives for the disputed president. >> european union officials voicing released today after portugal said it would ask for a financial rescue from the eu. germany called it a sensible and necessary step and said it would reduce the risk for the entire eurozone. portugal is the third country after greece and ireland to seek lp. critics, howev, save lives than we did far too long. -- say lisbon waited too long. >> they will have to submit to do you's ideas on slashing spending and boosting revenue. >> we negotiate an economic adjustment program with the portuguese authorities. >> that means portugal faces what greece and ireland already had been prescribed -- major budget cuts. >> perhaps it is a good thing. perhaps not. we will have to wait and see. >> if it helps th

they killed the supporters of president gbagbo? probably soavment but they use the word "disappearing" because there is no accounting of them. these death squads are led by soldiers of quattara's rebel army and have already killed 400 people in the last few hours. right now. if we do nothing, this soon will include the murder of president gbagbo and his wife simone. quattara's armed rebels are supported militarily by the united nations and the french government. so i call upon the united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon and french president sarcozy to condemn and halt immediately these squads. if they don't do it, i would charge that they are complicit in allowing these squads to operate fully in streets of abidjan. that also calls for immediate -- immediate cease-fire. i'll conclude and just say that i remember well because i was around when this happened, and when we knew -- some people knew -- we didn't know in advance what was going to happen in rwanda. president kigami didn't know. but cove fee annan apparently did know w

gbagbo played the commander-in-chief for state t.v. cameras.ay he's cornered in his home in an underground bunker but still refusing to leave. u.n. strikes forced him close to surrender, but he switched to defiance. "i love life, i love life, my voice is not the voice of a martyr, i do not seek death, it's not my goal here to die." today his wife emerged and showed that he still has some support in this divided country. >> ( translated ): god is leading our fight. god has already given us the victory. >> reporter: but her husband lost the election. it's his former citizens who've lost the most, though. desperate for food and for a solution. aid agencies report the growing refugee crisis. others fear revenge killings after gbagbo goes. >> sreenivasan: french military officials said their forces were not taking part in today's offensive. french troops are backing up u.n. peacekeepers in ivory coast to protect civilians. libyan leader moammar qaddafi has sent a personal letter to president obama, calling for an end to airstrikes on his country. th

the african union has called upon laurent gbagbo to hand over power immediately.bagbo spokesman has said, reportedly, that surrender is out of the question. >> sreenivasan: in washington, a state department spokesman also urged gbagbo to give up his bid to stay in power and "read the writing on the wall". president obama signaled today a congressional compromise over the budget may be near. democrats and republicans have been discussing cuts in the range of $33 billion. but the president said the possibility of a government shutdown still loomed if congress cannot reach agreement. >> they're going have to figure this out. bo sides are close, though. and we know a compromise is within reach. and we also know that we can't afford not to have congress work out these budgets and make sure that we're investing in the right things. if these budget negotiations break down, we could end up having to shut down the government, just at a time when the economy is starting to recovery. >> sreenivasan: speaker of the house john boehner again said there is no agreement on a spec

and french troops bombarded targets around the residence of incumbent president laurent gbagbo in the city of abidjan the u.s. says its raids were carried out to protect civilians and forces loyal to the internationally recognized winner of the presidential poll on sunday with her have since claimed to have captured the palace with now you go chasing the terms of his departure while he's been refusing to cede power ever since losing last november's election hundreds being killed during a week of fighting in the country and i'm not joined by his from the americans against the war and association of u.s. activists living in france thanks very much indeed for joining us well we just heard that france's foreign minister said that the fighting in ivory coast has stopped and mr gbagbo has agreed to negotiate so is it fair to say that the u.s. and france have achieved their peacekeeping mission there. well if you look at for . yes. one can argue the united nations and france intervention did holt. in the name of civil war. argued that the u.s. . issued in two thousand and four did not stipul

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gbagbo remains blocked - blockaded ia bunker.here is an upde fr abidjan. >> we have me to a neighborhood in abidjan tt is firmly uer conol of th rces loyal to asta what rwata. has broht the neighborhd back to life. civilians fo the first time in a week are binning to come out of theirouses. thearkewas totally dested yesterda it is now doi a fair bit of business. a l of people aretill very gry, sayinghey have no wer and no access to money to buy anything. theyre still in a bad way, butreli that the worst of the fitingeems to be over. as forhe security situation geral, its a mixed picture. i had an interesting coersation this morningith e local army chief whowas teing f the local pice chief sang, g your licen ouon the streets to help sto looting. the police cef sd that neighborhood istill controlled by milit groups. they are still burning people on thstre. they're o gunningus. the is nothing we n do itis stila mid picturhere in abidj. >> in oher news fromround the world, kenya's puty prime minister has appead before the internation

laurent gbagbo has been fusing give up power. large numbers of police he now ft m gbao. thermy ief has sought ruge wi the southfric ambassor. on local tv, alassane ouattar said, "tothos of you who ae still hitating, i askedou t put youelf the disposition of their cotry. thers sll time to join your brotrsn ar. the country lls you recent scenes like this in the burbontrolled by young fighters opposedo laent gbag have led to ars of a nyl andore violent shoown. at least 470 peoe have alrdy died in violenclink to t disput eleion. the red cross sai tod that thousands of civilians wer trapped by t conict. it was particularl concerne at the prospectf alout nfrontations in urbanente. filmed by t bbcecently in e north of the ory coas a soier in traing. frce has ued lrent gbagb toeaveo avoid the risf a bloodbath. the u.n. secrery-geral caed ohim to cede power immediaty and appled both sides n to seek reven for past attacks. >> in japan ihas been nearly the wee since the devasting earthque a tsunam the ce to contain the nuclr crisis is r from over. seawer riation aroundhe mageplant

laurent gbagbo may face criminal charges. human-rights groups accuse both sides of serious violations. some 1500 civilians were killed in the power struggle. more cuts are on the way in the u.s.. >> what a headache for barack obama. >> one weekafter confirming that he will run for a second term in next year's election, u.s. president barack obama has outlined his plan for the u.s. economy. speaking earlier in the nation's capital at george washington university, he proposed cutting the ballooning deficit by four trillion dollars over the next 12 years through a mix o of tax hikes and spending cuts. the president called for democrats and their political rivals in the republican party to hold bipartisan talks to address the country's financial challenges. the republicans have already rejected obama's plan and say they will fight any tax increases. global soap giants procter and gamble and -- will have to clean up their act. they are facing fines of 315 million euros for running a washing detergent cartel. a german company was l

gbagbo lost last november's election to allassane ouattara. outtara's fighters, backed by french tanks, arrested gbagbo. in washington, secretary of state hillary clinton said what happened in ivory coast is a warning. >> this transition sends a strong signal to dictators d tyrants throughout the region and around the world. they may not disregard the voice of their own people in free and fair elections. and there will be consequences for those who cling to power. >> sreenivasan: gbagbo's arrest came after a 12-day assault that left him cornered in his compound. security forces in syria cracked down on hundreds of college students demonstrating in damascus today. and further north, the syrian army moved into the port city of banias, a day after police shot and killed four protesters there. in all, more than 170 people have been killed in three weeks of antigovernmenprotests. in libya, rebel forces rejected a cease-fire plan offered by the african union. at the same time, moammar qaddafi's fighters bombarded misrata in the west, after being tur