UN forces beat back Liberian election losers

UN forces fired tear gas and used batons to beat back rock-throwing supporters of a soccer-star candidate who claims his Harvard-educated female rival stole Liberia’s presidential runoff.

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s opponent, soccer star George Weah, rejected Tuesday’s poll as fraudulent, though foreign observers reported few problems. Weah campaign officials said they petitioned the Supreme Court to halt vote counting, but the court rejected the appeal and referred them to the National Elections Commission.