Liberia's president says may run in next election

Oct 30th, 2009 - Yahoo! News

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MONROVIA, Liberia – Liberia's president said Thursday she has not ruled out running for office again in 2011, despite campaign promises to only serve one term.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard-trained economist who turned 71 Thursday, has been a darling of the international community ever since her election in 2005, when she became Africa's first democratically elected female head of state.

"I want to decide what I want to do based upon my continued enthusiasm, based upon my continued good health, and based, more importantly, upon the wishes of the people," Sirleaf told The Associated Press.

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