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Gbagbo thanked Chairman Li Peng and his wife for the meeting amidst their busy schedule. Gbagbo spoke highly of bilateral relations.

Gbagbo's popular support may be dwindling as he cracks down on the population in his bid to cling to power.

The new man is moving fast to put Mr Gbagbo, his wife Simone, and some 80 of his friends and colleagues on trial.

Meanwhile, a defiant Mr Gbagbo, holed up in the presidential palace a stone's throw away from his rival, clings tenaciously to power.

The killings took place in the south and west of the country, where some groups remain loyal to the former President Laurent Gbagbo.

Gbagbo thanked Zhu for the meeting with him and his delegation.

Mr Gbagbo has refused to leave office, while Mr Ouattara remains under UN protection in the city of Abidjan.

Though claiming to be apolitical, he says he became disgusted at Mr Gbagbo's attempt to hang on to power.

Mr Ouattara, who recently won a power struggle with his rival Laurent Gbagbo, said law and order would be maintained by the police.

Mr. Gbagbo was taken to the hotel with his wife and his son.

He doesn't want, one day, to be dragged from a rat hole like Saddam Hussein or hauled from a bunker like the Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo.

A reporter asked supporters of Ouattara and ready to win this week by Gbagbo government of occupation, the United Nations have any reaction?

Former President Laurent Gbagbo's army said the other launch a "general offensive. "

Laurent Gbagbo, who's refusing to step down as president, has called for UN peacekeeping troops to leave the country.

On Thursday, Gbagbo security forces shot dead at least seven women during a protest calling for Mr. Gbagbo to step down.

Gbagbo's spokesman commented drily: "The residence of the head of state is not a heavy weapon" .

Abandoned at the end of that conflict, this group's militia has swapped sides to fight for Mr Gbagbo.

If Mr Gbagbo is allowed to prevail, elections as instruments of peaceful change in Africa will suffer a serious setback.

bloc ECOWAS say the leaders will try to persuade Mr. Gbagbo to make a peaceful exit in which his safety and security will be guaranteed.

Mr. Gbagbo has refused for months to cede power to Mr. Ouattara, the U. N. -certified winner of last November's presidential election.

ECOWAS has threatened to remove Mr. Gbagbo by force if he does not cede power to rival Alassane Ouattara.

Three presidents from the regional group known as ECOWAS met this past week with Mr. Gbagbo in hopes of arranging his departure.

Laurent Gbagbo, the defeated president, has called for mediation and a ceasefire, but he looks in trouble.

Many doubt whether Mr Gbagbo would get a fair trial in his own country.

But Mr Gbagbo, backed by his army, has refused to go.

He has been holed up in the commercial capital, Abidjan; Mr Gbagbo has defiantly dug in there too.

Where Mr Gbagbo, a southerner, was outgoing and jolly, the new president is at times seen as cold and technocratic.

The United States, France, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the African Union urged Mr Gbagbo to step down immediately.

Modest Danon says the fight for Abidjan was the only way to remove Mr. Gbagbo from power and respect the will of voters.

Mr. Gbagbo's arrest came after days of heavy fighting and involved former colonial power France in a central yet politically sensitive role.

France's Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, said he is "aware" of negotiations with Mr. Gbagbo to arrange his departure.

That group says it is considering military action to remove Gbagbo if he does not yield power.

The Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh, is an old chum of Mr Gbagbo, and Ghana makes money from the conflict.

Odinga also said Ouattara talks with his some of Gbagbo promised to appoint cronies in the new government as minister of posts.

French armored vehicles had been seen advancing on the residence ahead of Mr. Gbagbo's capture.

Latest reports say a close aide to Mr Gbagbo has called for the expulsion of the main UN representative.

As the state made in Nigeria Friday saying they'll send a delegation to Mr. Gbagbo, convincing him to step down peacefully they hope.

Mr Gbagbo himself has yet to be charged and remains under house arrest in the north of the country.

Mr Ouattara hopes that stopping exports will loosen the grip on power of Laurent Gbagbo, his rival in the November poll.

Ivory Coast was suspended from the African Union when Mr Gbagbo refused to step down despite losing last November's presidential elections.

The United Nations says its peacekeepers will offer protection to members of Laurent Gbagbo's military who lay down their weapons.

Meanwhile, everyone has to pretend Ouattara's forces do not kill innocents while Gbagbo's do.

Prosecutors in Ivory Coast have brought the first charges against the former President Laurent Gbagbo, who was removed from power in April.

Mr Gbagbo offered to let an international panel examine the crisis.

President Gbagbo is holed up inside the fortress-like presidential mansion with his last remaining allies and the Republican Guard.

After multiple unsuccessful mediation, Gbagbo and Ouattara camp, armed conflict broke out eventually.

Republican Forces are patrolling the city picking up any suspected pro-Gbagbo militiamen and searching for weapons.

Though most of the generals seem loyal to Mr Gbagbo, he knows that around two-thirds of the forces' rank and file voted for Mr Ouattara.

Though international bodies may try to starve Mr Gbagbo of cash, he has a lot of it stashed away.

Any stoppage in exports would cut the funding Mr Gbagbo relies on to pay loyal civil servants and the military.

Mr Gbagbo's London spokesman Abdon Bayeto told the BBC that the president's forces would fight on against Mr Ouattara.

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Simone Gbagbo, the wife of Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurent Gbagbo.

According to foreign reports, the war may end soon, Gbagbo is currently engaged in negotiations for surrender.

However, Ouattara also said it would make every effort to ensure the safety of Gbagbo.

Because multiple mediation failed, Gbagbo and Ouattara camp, armed conflict broke out eventually.

Unless the rules are changed to allow them to do more, its peacekeepers cannot intervene robustly against Mr Gbagbo.

There are conflicting reports from Gbagbo advisers about whether the incumbent president plans to surrender.

Mr Yao N'Dre was previously considered a staunch supporter of the former President Laurent Gbagbo.

Mr. Gbagbo's capture presents a set of onerous challenges for Mr. Ouattara.

It would be a shockingly bad omen if Mr Gbagbo somehow hung on in any guise whatsoever Coted'Ivoire.

The African Union has been trying for months to persuade Mr Gbagbo to go, but some governments still support him.

Mr Gbagbo lost to Mr Ouattara in a presidential election last year but had refused to leave office, plunging the country into strife.

Guillaume Soro, Mr Ouattara's premier, argues the crisis began when Mr Gbagbo refused to concede defeat.

One of Mr Ouattara's commanders, Colonel Gausu, condemned Mr Gbagbo for hesitating.

But Ivorians from southern provinces who voted for Gbagbo are staying put, he says, because it is not safe enough to go back.

At present, occupies the presidential palace Gbagbo, Prime Minister's Office and the state television.

On March 3rd Mr Gbagbo's men gunned down seven unarmed women in Abidjan, who had been peacefully protesting against him.

Fighting between pro-Ouattara and pro-Gbagbo forces has caused a large number of casualties.

But several leading figures in Mr Gbagbo's regime have been jailed without charge.

Laurent Gbagbo was born to a Catholic family in the south in nineteen forty-five.

Moreover, it will be hard to stamp out the corruption that flourished under Mr Gbagbo's decade-long rule.

Odinga said Gbagbo had repeatedly made against his lift the blockade around a hotel in Abidjan commitment.

Now his opponent is president and Gbagbo faces charges of crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court.

Mr. Gbagbo used a New Year's Eve address to say that he will remain in office.

The UN, African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have all called on Mr Gbagbo to step down.

Gbagbo, who has taken refuge in an underground bunker.

And they seem reluctant to see the results changed so Mr Gbagbo can stay in power.

He also claimed that several generals have allegiance to Gbagbo camp armed Ouattara.

Mr. Gbagbo himself became president after a disputed election and political unrest.

And Ouattara supporters say Gbagbo's youth wing is ransacking the homes of members of Ouattara's cabinet.

We voted for the president we want [Mr Gbagbo], " he says. " The people in Europe should stop meddling.

only Russia, mindful of some offshore oil deals in Mr Gbagbo's zone of control, was reluctant to follow suit.

It happened as Laurent Gbagbo is facing increasing pressure to step down as president.

Life is quickly returning to something closer to normal within days of Mr. Gbagbo's capture.

The UN says a small number of the killings were carried out by pro-Gbagbo militia groups.

Laurent Gbagbo is going nowhere.

The UN Security Council is very publicly challenging Laurent Gbagbo, who's refused to step down as president.

Western diplomats say it's impossible now for President Gbagbo to escape defeat.

But Mr. Gbagbo retains the support of Ivory Coast's military and controls state-run media.

UNidentified Gbagbo continued use of heavy weapons in armed attacks against civilians and peacekeepers.

After the talks, Gbagbo accompany them out. Agence France-Presse described Gbagbo smiling, seemed relaxed.

Gbagbo camp rejected the High Commission's "power sharing" proposal.

Our correspondent John James in Abidjan says Mr Gbagbo shows no signs of bowing out.

Mr Ouattara has threatened to extend the embargo unless Mr Gbagbo steps down.

On March 11, Ouattara president's official residence for the capture of armed scored Gbagbo.

Mr Gbagbo's officials are counting beans in warehouses in the two main ports.

Officials in Ivory Coast say gunmen have killed 10 troops loyal to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo.

Mr. Gbagbo says he will not cede power to U. N. -endorsed election winner, Alassane Ouattara.

Among them is General Philippe Mangou, Mr Gbagbo's former army chief of staff.

The opposition says most of the people were from ethnic groups in the north, who were unlikely to support Mr Gbagbo.

Mr. Gbagbo says he won the election and has refused to give up power.

Most agree that Mr Gbagbo will not easily be displaced.

Last week, Mr Gbagbo ordered the 10, 000 strong UN force out of the country.

After all these deaths, if Mr Gbagbo does not leave power, we'll carry on.

Guillaume Soro told reporters that the message of ECOWAS leaders is clear and this is Mr. Gbagbo's last chance.

Ivory Coast's disputed President Laurent Gbagbo has ordered the government to take control of all cocoa purchases and exports.

Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo says opposition may lead to war in West Africa.

Gbagbo's claim to the presidency is based on N'Dre's council annulling as fraudulent nearly ten percent of all ballots cast.

But President Laurent Gbagbo refuses to accept the results.

The station broadcast a video screen display, a room in the Golf Hotel, Gbagbo and several senior aides together.

Gbagbo thanked China for its long-term selfless assistance to Cote d'Ivoire.

On the morning of April 29, Premier Zhu Rongji met with Laurent Gbagbo, President of Cote d'Ivoire at Zhongnanhai.

Gbagbo's name brings the list of presidential hopefuls to 20.

But at the same time he is insisting that Mr Gbagbo be put on trial promptly before an Ivorian court.

The compound is the base of Laurent Gbagbo who has refused to give up power since elections last year.

The former president, Laurent Gbagbo, had refused to step down after he lost the election last year.

Laurent Gbagbo, who lost last year's presidential election, remains somewhere in the city.

An election will be risky for Mr Gbagbo, who would be unlikely to win a fair contest;

An economic noose is slowly tightening around Laurent Gbagbo's neck

President Laurent Gbagbo's term in office expired five years ago