Early lead in Liberian presidential election

Liberia’s top female politician took a strong lead over her millionaire football star opponent in early returns from the war-ravaged West African nation’s presidential runoff.

National Election Commission chairwoman Frances Johnson-Morris said that with results in from 33% of polling stations across the country, including the capital, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf had 60.4% of the vote so far. George Weah had 39.6%.