Ivory Coast strongman defiant from within bunker

Artillery hit the residence of France's ambassador to Ivory Coast for the second time in two days, the French embassy said, a possible show of defiance from the country's strongman who has resisted international pressure to emerge from a bunker and cede power.

The embassy said in a statement Friday that the residence was hit by two mortars and a rocket fired from positions held by forces supporting strongman Laurent Gbagbo, who is holed up in a bunker at his residence next door to the French compound. The statement did not say if there were casualties. (AP)