In Ivory Coast the hotel housing presidential claimant Alessane Ouattara has come under heavy arms fire from forces loyal to rival Laurent Gbagbo.



The United Nations, which has been protecting Ouattara since November's poll which the body says he won, returned fire, but avoided the bunker where Gbagbo is believed to be.



The exchange is further evidence of the counter-offensive Gbagbo's men began on Friday, just when it appeared his defeat was imminent.



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