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Ivory Coast has reopened the main prison in the city of Abidjan five months after it was closed following a mass prison break. The first 16 inmates were transferred from a military camp to the

refurbish

ed prison, which was built for 1,300 people. More than 5,000 inmates who were at the jail escaped at the end of Ivory Coast's civil war in March.

There are reports of continued fighting in the Libyan coastal town of Zawiya as forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi battle with the rebels for control of the strategic area 45km west of Tripoli, from where Matthew Price reports.

Both government and opposition sources claim they have control of Zawiya, which lies on the strategically important coastal highway connecting Tripoli to Tunisia. Government forces are said still to be in control of the town's oil

refinery

. Reports of gunfire and shelling have been emerging from the town all day. The government has admitted that it's lost control of the town of Gharyan to the south of the capital. It says it will reclaim it. It will need to if it is to win this war.

Reports from London say the owners of Manchester United football club have

appoint

ed the bank Credit Suisse to prepare a share offering in Singapore. It's thought that a stake of around 25% could be on offer. The American owners, the Glazer family, angered fans by borrowing heavily to buy the club in 2005, landing it with debts of about $800m. Correspondents say a