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RALISTA VASSILEVA, CNN ANCHOR: The closing bell on Wall Street. Let's take a look at the big board to see how the market ended the day. Well, it's almost flat at this point. We know that investors are cautious ahead of some corporate earnings reports that they're expecting right after the close and also later this week. And also, falling crude oil prices also played a role today. Now, the headlines this hour. After defiantly clinging to power for months, Laurent Gbagbo has been arrested. He's being held by forces loyal to the man the world sees as Ivory Coast's president, Alassane Ouattara. Frightening news for people in towns near the crippled nuclear plants in Japan. The Japanese government is calling for the evacuation of several more locations. Officials warn that residents could receive high doses of radiation over the coming months. A deadly explosion at a subway station in the Belarusian capital of Minsk. State media report at least 11 people were killed, more than 100 others wounded. The president of neighboring Russia calls it a terrorist attack. Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi appeared in court a few hours ago. He was answering a corruption charge involving broadcasting rights. The prime minister is fighting four legal cases at the moment. And there was tremendous excitement on Monday and Britain's Prince William and his fiancee, Kate Middleton, made their final public appearance together before their big day. 15,000 people turned out in the northwest of England to see the couple. The royal wedding is only 18 days away. Those are the latest headlines. CONNECT THE WORLD with Becky Anderson begins right now.</s>BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST: "Lay down your arms." Ivory Coast's ousted president calls for an end to the fighting on all sides. What role did the French play in his capture? I'll ask the country's UN ambassador. Later, no deal with Gadhafi, but would Libyan rebels be willing to work with his son? And anger and arrests as France unveils its burqa ban. These stories and more tonight as we CONNECT THE WORLD. Well, the political crisis and civil war in Ivory Coast may be nearing a resolution after a dramatic siege in the compound of the self-proclaimed president. Laurent Gbagbo had been hiding in his residence in Abidjan until today, when forces stormed the building and hauled him out. He was taken to the Gulf Hotel, which is the headquarters of both his political rival and the United Nations. CNN's Dan Rivers is in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and he joins us, now, live. Where is he? What do we know about him at this point?</s>DAN RIVERS, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We understand he's still at the Gulf Hotel. We've seen pictures here on local television of him being ushered into the Gulf Hotel. The Gulf Hotel, of course, where his rival, Alassane Ouattara, was holed up and surrounded by Gbagbo's forces for so many months. Ironic now that that is exactly where Gbagbo finds himself. And as you say, he has come out and very swiftly called on his forces to give up.</s>LAURENT GBAGBO, SELF-DECLARED PRESIDENT OF IVORY COAST (through translator): I hope that people lay down their weapons and return to a normal state of civil rule so that the crisis can conclude as quickly as possible.</s>RIVERS: It's not clear, yet, whether his forces will heed the call. There has still been the odd sporadic gunfire that we've heard, but generally, I think the picture across the city seems to be one that is very quiet, certainly as we drove in this evening as the light was going and the curfew was being imposed, we were pretty much the only cars or, indeed, people, really, out on the streets. But there was plenty of evidence as we came in of significant amounts of looting and damage to this once prosperous city, here. And we've been hearing all kinds of terrible accounts of the situation out in the campsite of the lawlessness and allegations of atrocities and massacres by both sides across Ivory Coast, and they will clearly be investigated. But for now, though, the immediate drama seems to be over. Laurent Gbagbo has been flushed out of his bunker underneath the presidential palace. The exact means by which that happened is not quite clear. The UN and French are insistent that it was Ouattara's forces that performed the operation. Gbagbo's side themselves claiming it was French special forces that got him out. But either way, he's now in the Gulf Hotel.</s>ANDERSON: All right. OK, we're going to explore that as we move through this hour. Dan Rivers in Abidjan. Dan, thank you for that. Well, Laurent Gbagbo immediately requested protection from the United Nations after he was captured, and just a short time ago, I asked the Undersecretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations if Gbagbo was, indeed, getting that protection.</s>ALAIN LE ROY, UNDESECRETARY-GENERAL, UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS: We are mandated to do so. He asked for it, and we are providing security to him. Just now, he's in, as you know, in the Gulf Hotel in Abidjan. He's in the custody of President Ouattara forces, but we are ensuring his security and the security of his wife at the same time.</s>ANDERSON: And what happens next to them both?</s>LE ROY: I'd assume from President Ouattara that he wants President Gbagbo to go on trial in Ivory Coast. He probably wants him to be moved from -- in other city than Abidjan up north. Again, it's -- it will be President Ouattara's call, and he's under his custody. But we will continue to provide security for keeping the physical integrity and dignity for former president Gbagbo.</s>ANDERSON: You can ensure that all civilians -- civilians on both sides of the political divide will be protected?</s>LE ROY: I can never guarantee that, but we'll do the maximum with the troops we have and, of course, with the additional troops which are coming. We are not forgetting another batch of additional troops, but we will hope that those who have been authorized by the council will come soon.</s>ANDERSON: OK. Well, around the world, diplomats who had been calling for Gbagbo to leave office for moths reacted to his capture today. Speaking in London, British foreign secretary William Hague said that Gbagbo had committed many crimes but should still be treated with respect and fairness. In Washington, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used the occasion to deliver a message to leaders across the region.</s>HILLARY CLINTON, US SECRETARY OF STATE: This transition sends a strong signal to dictators and tyrants throughout the region and around the world. They may not disregard the voice of their own people in free and fair elections, and there will be consequences for those who cling to power.</s>ANDERSON: Hillary Clinton, reacting to the news of Gbagbo's capture earlier today. France has been heavily involved in the situation in Ivory Coast, and just a short time ago, I spoke with the French ambassador to the United Nations. I began by asking him exactly what role French troops played in Gbagbo's capture and arrest today.</s>GERARD ARAUD, FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE UN: Well, actually, Gbagbo was arrested by the Ivorian forces. The French forces didn't have any role in the capture of Laurent Gbagbo. The French forces had a role, but before, in support of the UN forces to neutralize the heavy weapons which were used by Gbagbo against the civilian population and against the Blue Helmets.</s>ANDERSON: Nicolas Sarkozy, I know, spoke with Ouattara after Gbagbo's arrest. What sort of support will France now provide for the Ivory Coast going forward?</s>ARAUD: I think, now, after this awful period, what Ouattara has to do with all the Ivorian people is to rebuild his country. And -- which means not only rebuilding in the physical sense, but also the political sense, because after all, Gbagbo had a constituency behind him, 45 percent of the population. So there is one master word, which is "reconciliation." So, that's what Ouattara has to do. And the international community, France, but also the UN and the other countries, we have also to provide the financial, the humanitarian, and economic aid -- to overcome the results of the tragedy.</s>ANDERSON: OK. So, reconciliation. But can he make it work? Even though Gbagbo is gone from power, my next guest says that Ouattara is not yet in control. Richard Downie is joining us live from Washington to explain. He's the deputy director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. You say he is not in control, not yet. What do you mean?</s>RICHARD DOWNIE, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: Well, first and foremost, there's clearly a security vacuum right now, particularly in the main city Abidjan. His forces are not totally in control of the situation. We don't yet know whether those armed fighters who've been following and fighting for Gbagbo all this time are willing to give up their weapons, melt away. And equally, we're not entirely sure of the loyalty for -- of those various forces that have been fighting on the behalf of Ouattara these past months. Clearly, their interests have been aligned, they've been willing to get Gbagbo out of power, but going ahead, looking forward there, loyalty to Ouattara himself cannot be guaranteed.</s>ANDERSON: Yes, most -- both sides have been accused of war crimes at this point. How does he ensure that he doesn't preside over a civil war, an ethnic civil war going forward?</s>DOWNIE: Well, it's going to be very, very difficult for Ouattara. He didn't want to come to power in this way. He was voted in free and fairly in an election, but has come to power through force. I think the first thing he's going to have to address is the security situation, and that means dealing with, in a fundamental way, with security sector reform, somehow uniting all these disparate armed movements under national control, under civilian control. It was the failure to do this at the end of the last civil war in 2002 that really was one of the root causes of this upsurge in violence this time around. So, I think that will be his main challenge.</s>ANDERSON: Yes, and also, to make sure that he has proper representation and protection for the, let's remember, 45 percent of the population who did vote for Gbagbo.</s>DOWNIE: Absolutely right, and that 45 percent have been fed a constant diet in the pro-Gbagbo media which said that Ouattara is not a legitimate president, that he's some sort of puppet of the French, that he's been put in power by some sort of neo-colonial plot, and the events and uncertainty about Gbagbo's arrest today only reinforced that sense among many people. So, Ouattara has a big challenge on his hands to win this -- these people over, and that's why I think he's going to have to promote reconciliation, perhaps have some sort of unity government, and really reach out to some of those people who were formerly Gbagbo loyalists.</s>ANDERSON: You've heard what the French ambassador to the UN told me earlier. He also told me that France has no interest in staying in Ivory Coast. Is this, though, a case of a former colonial power meddling?</s>DOWNIE: I don't think so. Clearly, the French have meddled in Ivory Coast in the past. They retain very strong business ties and economic links after independence, and they've had this detachment of troops on the ground there for some time. But I think when it came to it, they felt obliged to act to protect civilians. But of course, it's very -- it's going to be very controversial and a source of debate for some time to come about what exactly their role was in this final day of seizing Gbagbo.</s>ANDERSON: Briefly, what's the future for Ivory Coast?</s>DOWNIE: Well, on the economic side, I think we can be optimistic. The -- a lot of natural resources, formerly the biggest cocoa-producing country in the world, and Ouattara has a lot of economic experience. So, on that side, I think we can be optimistic. The more difficult part for Ouattara is the political reconciliation. Bringing this very, very divided and fragmented country back together. That's going to be the main crux of the problems facing Ouattara ahead, I think.</s>ANDERSON: Richard Downie, your expert on the subject, tonight. Sir, we thank you for joining us out of Washington for you. Well, Japan remembers and the world pays tribute. One month after a monster quake and tsunami devastated the country, we're in Tokyo for you this evening. And then, a controversy on veils. We'll debate France's new law banning burqas.