The New York Times' Adam Nossiter has the full story.

Alassane Ouattara's spokepeople have just said their troops have taken over Gbagbo's residence and are scouring the multi-level building looking for him, though this has not yet been independently confirmed, according to the BBC.

The civilian population of the city remains trapped inside their homes, many without food or running water, and others without medicine. In an attempt to circumvent the vitriolic partisan chatter that has largely drowned out pleas for help and other useful humanitarian information on the main twitter stream about the conflict, a new hashtag, #civsocial, has been set up to help spread information about doctors available to help the wounded, pharmacies providing medicines, and specific cases of individuals who need help. Tweets Monday included the phone numbers for a 75-year-old man with Alzheimer's, Diabetes, and a heart condition who needed Accu-Check tongue strips; a young girl who had been hit by a stray bullet and needed medical attention; and a pregnant woman at full term who needed evacuation to a medical facility, among many others. Within a short time, tweeters reported that both the girl and woman had received the help they needed and were going to be okay.

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