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MONROVIA Oct 18 (Reuters) - Former rebel leader Prince Johnson, placed third in the first round of Liberia’s presidential election, said on Tuesday he would back President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in the Nov. 8 runoff against Winston Tubman of the opposition CDC party.”I will support Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in the run-off election,” Johnson told Reuters by telephone.”This is because some of her policies are good for this country. If all her policies are not good, we will do addition and subtraction so that what we want to see in it, will be reflected,” Johnson said.Results announced on Sunday showed newly named Nobel Peace laureate Johnson-Sirleaf scored 44 percent of the vote, ahead of Tubman, who received 32.2 percent, with 96 percent of votes counted.Observers have praised the peaceful manner in which Liberia’s second post-war ballot was carried out. The vote is seen as a test of progress towards stability and the country’s readiness for investment in untapped mineral and agricultural resources.Johnson, who was filmed watching his fighters torture former President Samuel Doe during Liberia’s civil war, is now a senator in Liberia’s northern, minerals-rich Nimba County, the second most populous in the West African state.Analysts have said that Johnson, a former member of Sirleaf’s ruling UP party, was most likely to side with the incumbent because her international profile could help him to consolidate a legacy as a revolutionary-turned-politician.Sirleaf, a former World Bank economist, has earned international plaudits for maintaining stability and reducing debt in Liberia since becoming Africa’s first freely elected female head of state in 2005.”If you have two evils, I will prefer to go with the lesser evil. In this case, the lesser evil is the incumbent,” Johnson said.”I think I am prepared to support a person who has six years to be in power, rather than to go with a person who will go for twelve years,” he said.

By Tim HepherTOULOUSE, France, Oct 14 (Reuters) - China’s largest airline by fleet size kept up pressure on the European Union over carbon trading rules as it took delivery of the country’s first European A380 superjumbo on Friday.China Southern , which has ordered five of the world’s largest airliners built by Europe’s Airbus , said it would fly the first two aircraft on busy domestic routes before putting the planes on foreign routes next year.It has not yet decided whether to operate the aircraft to Europe or the United States.China and the European Union have clashed over the trade bloc’s plans to force airlines to adopt a carbon trading scheme from Jan. 1 next year, a move which airlines say would effectively tax the airlines that fly the longest routes.The EU denies its scheme is a tax.The chairman of China Southern told reporters the airline would protect the interests of its passengers as it weighs how to introduce the prestige aircraft on international routes.”The outcome of the negotiations between China and the EU on emissions will not be a key factor for us to consider where to fly our A380s, but I should say that the EU’s decision on emissions would to a large extent affect an airline’s operating costs and at the end of the day the interests of our passengers,” Si Xianmin told reporters.China has threatened to buy fewer aircraft from EADS subsidiary Airbus as a result of the dispute with the EU, which the aerospace industry fears could blow up into a full-scale trade row when the scheme is imposed in a few months.Aircraft purchases are usually coordinated through state purchasing agency CAS and have to be approved by the Chinese government.The head of the airline was carefully non-committal when asked if the EU row could affect future aircraft purchases.”Before we decide whether we are going to buy more Airbus or Boeing planes we have to take the market situation into consideration and make a very careful analysis of the markets because China Southern has such a big aircraft fleet,” Si said.”Currently China Southern operates 440 aircraft. Boeing and Airbus have a 50/50 split.”China had originally hoped to have delivery of the superjumbo in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics but deliveries were delayed by several years due to production problems.The same airline has also ordered Boeing’s carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner, which reached its first Japanese customer after a similar three-year delay last month. China Southern has said it expects to get its first 787 this year.The airline said it would configure the A380 to carry 506 people including eight in first-class suites.It expects to receive its second A380 in December, the third in February, another in the second half of 2012 and the final one in 2013.Si said the airline would evaluate the aircraft’s performance before deciding whether to buy any more A380s.Airbus estimates China will need over 200 superjumbo-sized aircraft by 2030 to feed the world’s fastest-growing market and meet the increasing global connections of a rising superpower.Boeing is less optimistic about demand for the very largest aircraft and is betting on smaller and lighter aircraft like the 210-290 seat 787 to open up new direct routes to secondary cities that may become big destinations in their own right.

The 17 charges against him in New Haven Superior Court also included sexual assault.Komisarjevsky’s accomplice, Steven Hayes, was found guilty of similar charges last year and sentenced to death.The jury in the Komisarjevsky case deliberated less than two days before returning its guilty verdicts. The jury in the Hayes case deliberated five hours over two days before convicting him.Prosecutors said Komisarjevsky and Hayes broke into the Petit home early on July 23, 2007 after Komisarjevsky spotted Michaela Petit in a grocery store and made her his target.Later that morning, Hawke-Petit drove to a bank, where she told a teller her family was being held hostage and she needed $15,000 to pay off the captors.A bank manager called police but when authorities arrived at the Petit home, it was engulfed in flames. The police have been criticized as being slow to respond.The only survivor, Dr. William Petit, was badly beaten and bound but managed to escape as the house was set on fire.In the burning house were his daughters, who died of smoke inhalation, and the body of his wife, who had been raped and strangled. The younger girl had been sexually assaulted.Connecticut has only executed one person, in 2005, since the death penalty was reinstated in the United States in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

The 17 charges against him in New Haven Superior Court also included sexual assault.Komisarjevsky’s accomplice, Steven Hayes, was found guilty of similar charges last year and sentenced to death.The jury in the Komisarjevsky case deliberated less than two days before returning its guilty verdicts. The jury in the Hayes case deliberated five hours over two days before convicting him.Prosecutors said Komisarjevsky and Hayes broke into the Petit home early on July 23, 2007 after Komisarjevsky spotted Michaela Petit in a grocery store and made her his target.Later that morning, Hawke-Petit drove to a bank, where she told a teller her family was being held hostage and she needed $15,000 to pay off the captors.A bank manager called police but when authorities arrived at the Petit home, it was engulfed in flames. The police have been criticized as being slow to respond.The only survivor, Dr. William Petit, was badly beaten and bound but managed to escape as the house was set on fire.In the burning house were his daughters, who died of smoke inhalation, and the body of his wife, who had been raped and strangled. The younger girl had been sexually assaulted.Connecticut has only executed one person, in 2005, since the death penalty was reinstated in the United States in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Solyndra asked the bankruptcy court to approve the appointment of Todd Neilson of Berkeley Research Group LLC as the company’s chief restructuring officer, essentially taking up the role of CEO.Solyndra filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 6, burdened with $783 million of secured debt and squeezed by falling prices for panels caused by an industry glut.The Department of Energy guaranteed the $535 million loan to the company, which Solyndra has said may not be repaid in full.