ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A militia loyal to Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbabgo confirmed on Monday that rebels had seized a third town in the west and said reinforcements were on the way to try and take it back.
A post-election standoff between the incumbent leader and his rival Alassane Ouattara has degenerated into gun battles in the main city Abidjan and led the northern rebels to push south in the heaviest fighting since they tried to topple Gbagbo in a 2002-2003 civil war.
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