Ivory Coast's Gbagbo urges end of fighting: report
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo called for an end to fighting, hours after being placed under detention by forces loyal to his presidential rival, residents said.
Gbagbo made a brief appearance on the TCI television channel of his rival Alassane Ouattara. "I am calling for the fighting to stop," he said.
(Reporting by Loucoumane Coulibaly, editing by Tim Pearce)
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