MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's "Iron Lady", former Finance Minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, became Africa's first elected woman head of state on Wednesday, promising to stamp out corruption and rebuild her shattered country.
Liberia's electoral commission declared the Harvard-trained economist winner of a Nov. 8 presidential run-off after she took almost 60 percent of the valid votes, beating soccer millionaire George Weah's 40 percent.
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