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Rebel forces seeking to install Ouattara, who won an election last November according to results certified by the United Nations, swept from the north to the economic capital Abidjan almost unopposed more than a week ago. But despite a fierce rebel onslaught, Gbagbo's soldiers have held onto swathes of the city, and are now growing bolder. A U.N. spokesman in Abidjan said Saturday's attack on the Golf Hotel, which Ouattara has made his base since the election, involved heavy weapons that appeared to have been fired from Gbagbo's heavily defended residence. "This was not a fight, but a direct attack by Gbagbo's forces, who fired RPGs and mortar rounds, from positions near Gbagbo's residence, at the Golf Hotel," said U.N. spokesman Hamadoun Toure. He said one U.N. peacekeeper had been hurt, and that U.N. forces had responded by firing on those positions. Mariam Konate, a resident of the area near the hotel, said: "There was fierce fighting with heavy weapons and our houses shook, even some windows shattered. We're all locked in our homes, but things quietened down about an hour ago." PORTS SECURED French soldiers supporting the U.N. mission in Ivory Coast and backing Ouattara's claim to the presidency secured Abidjan's port Saturday, but said the central neighborhoods of Cocody and Plateau were still being fought over. "They (Gbagbo's forces) won some positions overnight that they lost again this morning," said Frederick Daguillon, spokesman for the French force in Ivory Coast, Licorne. He said Gbagbo's fighters "have become more confident." French helicopters clashed with Gbagbo's defenders early on Saturday during a failed attempt to rescue diplomatic staff trapped by the fighting in Cocody. British and other diplomats were later evacuated, a British Foreign Office spokesman said. The BBC said bullets had hit the British embassy and a mortar round had landed in the garden. Reuters witnesses said a fragile calm had returned to many parts of the city Saturday, allowing shell-shocked residents to leave their homes in search of food and water amid the debris of war, or to try to escape to safer areas. "Yesterday, militiamen came to our house, we were threatened," said Jean Kima, a Burkinabe fleeing with his family in the northern district of Gesco. "The militia could come back at any moment and perhaps the worst will happen next time." Gbagbo is believed to be isolated in the bunker under his residence in Cocody, where he has sought refuge from a concerted assault by Ouattara's troops while his elite presidential guard and militiamen do battle. 1 2 Next World United Nations Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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