Ivory Coast: Ouattara Fighters 'Capture Ivory Coast's Capital Yamoussoukro' -- BBC Forces loyal to UN-backed President-elect Alassane Ouattara have captured Ivory Coast's capital, residents of Yamoussoukro say.
They have continued their advance from the north despite incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo's ceasefire appeal.
Mr Gbagbo refuses to stand down despite the UN saying he lost November's poll.
Abidjan is Ivory Coast's main city, but a BBC reporter says Yamoussoukro's capture is a major symbolic victory for the pro-Ouattara forces.
The pro-Ouattara soldiers are also reported to be 100km (60 miles) north of the port of San Pedro, a major cocoa exporting centre.
One million people have fled the violence - mostly from Abidjan - and at least 462 people have been killed since December, according to the UN.
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More News On Ivory Coast's Civil War
Ivory Coast Rebels Seize Cocoa Hub -- Wall Street Journal
Pro-Ouattara forces enter Ivory Coast capital -- Yahoo News/AP
Pro-Ouattara forces seize Ivory Coast capital -- Houston Chronicle/AP
Pro-Ouattara forces parade in Ivory Coast capital -- AJC/AP
Ouattara forces seize Cote d'Ivoire's capital -- Al Jazeera
Ouattara's forces take Ivorian capital -- UPI
Ivory Coast rebels advance on capital -- The Guardian
I. Coast town under control of Ouattara army -- AFP
Ivory Coast Rebels Rapidly Advance -- Voice of America
Heavy Fighting Pushes Ivory Coast To Brink Of War -- NPR
Ivory Coast civil war "reignites" as forces seize key towns -- The Telegraph
Rights Group: Ivory Coast Journalists At Risk -- Voice of American
Shades of civil war seen in Ivory Coast -- CNN
Is Ivorian conflict a civil war? -- UPI
Ivory Coast's conflict and Rwanda's genocide: Key differences -- Christian Science Monitor
Q&A: What's at stake as Ivory Coast teeters on the verge of civil war -- The Telegraph
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