I.Coast army mutiny spreads but government claims deal

Bouaké (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - Heavy gunfire rang out Monday in Ivory Coast's two biggest cities as a four-day mutiny by disgruntled soldiers spread nationwide but the government claimed a deal to end the crisis had been reached.Banks, offices and department stores closed in the heart of the economic capital, Abidjan, as shots were fired in San Pedro, the second biggest port in the world's top cocoa-producing nation.Border posts closed, halting road traffic to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger,