BREAKING NEWS

'Gbagbo taken to Abidjan's Golf Hotel'

PARIS, April 11 (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's

Alassane Ouattara have taken Laurent Gbagbo to the Golf Hotel in
Abidjan, after he was detained in his residence, a Ouattara
spokesman in France told Reuters.

Separately, a French defense ministry official confirmed to

Reuters that Gbagbo had been detained in his residence. He said
he was arrested by Ouattara's forces, backed by UN
peacekeepers and French forces.

"He's been taken to the Golf Hotel," Herve Cohx, a political

adviser and spokesman, told Reuters.