LAURENT GBAGBO CAPTURED!
The conflict in the Ivory Coast has come to an effective end with the capture of Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president.
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Ivory Coast's incumbent leader has been captured by French troops and fighters backing the country's internationally recognized president.

French military officials in Abidjan say incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo was captured at the presidential compound in the Cocody neighborhood after helicopter gunships attacked the residence Monday morning.

Police say three militants and a police officer have been killed in a clash in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

Thailand says it is working with the United Nations to develop a plan to repatriate more than 100,000 Burmese refugees who fled their homeland over the past two decades to escape fighting between Burmese forces and rebels.

Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff is in China at the start of a six-day visit intended to deepen fast-growing economic ties between the two emerging nations.

A combined Afghan and coalition force captured a Taliban facilitator during a security operation in Zharay district, Kandahar province, yesterday.

The facilitator was a Taliban financier who funds operations and acquires weapons for attacks against coalition forces, including the vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack against a coalition forward operating base April 7.

The Australian Service Light Armoured Vehicle is a highly mobile, reconnaissance vehicle capable of operating in harsh terrain.

On March 29, the ASLAV demonstrated its potential by intimidating Taliban, protecting innocent civilians and providing support for soldiers of Combat Team C, Mentoring Task Force 2, Combined Team Uruzgan during a firefight in Tangi Valley, Afghanistan.

Australian soldiers were interacting with villagers from the local community when they received hostile fire from the mountainside.

United States Division - South witnessed the culmination of a training iteration at Tadreeb al-Shamil during a ceremony near Nasiriyah, Iraq, March 30.

Iraqi Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 39th Brigade, 10th Iraqi Army Division, completed the 30-day training course, where they learned traditional infantry tactics, techniques and procedures. The training was capped off with a two-day, company-level field training exercise.