Ex-Soccer Star Weah to Run for Liberian Presidency
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George Weah, a former world soccer player of the year, said he will run for the Liberian presidency next year, after failing to win the post in 2005.
The former A.C. Milan striker will compete against President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in an October 2011 election in the West African nation of 3.7 million people, after losing to her in the country’s first ballot after a 14-year civil war.