Forbes:Merkel is world's most powerful woman

[samsungster]

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BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has unseated US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the world's most powerful woman, according to a new ranking by Forbes magazine.

"Despite her short time in office, Merkel has been dazzling world leaders, including Tony Blair and George W. Bush," Forbes said on its website.

"But Merkel has a tough fight ahead of her. Her approval ratings have declined ... making it more difficult for Merkel to win big with key legislative initiatives, including health care reform and corporate tax restructuring," the statement said.

Merkel won a razor-thin victory over Gerhard Schroeder in September 2005 snap elections. She became Germany's first female chancellor in November and presides over a "grand coalition" of her conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD).

Merkel quickly emerged as the country's most popular politician but recent polls show her foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has displaced her as the country's most respected official.

Forbes said Merkel had improved ties with the United States, which became tense after Schroeder opposed the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, and that she was the only woman at the table during this year's summit of leaders from the Group of Eight (G industrialized nations in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Rice holds the number 2 spot, followed by China's Vice Premier Wu Yi, PepsiCo Chief Executive Indra Nooyi and Xerox Corp CEO Anne Mulcahy.

Others on the list are Sonia Gandhi (13), president of India's National Congress Party, US talk-show host Oprah Winfrey (14), US Senator Hillary Clinton (1, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett (29) and First Lady Laura Bush (43).

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[istoryador]

Ang ating pinakamamahal na Glue-ria Arroyo, nakasali ba? I propaganda na naman ng malakanyang yan pag nagkataon.

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

Tot .... tot .... tot ... istoryador bites the dust ...

- to the tune of " ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST "

1.Mga bata napaig sa sunog , si PGMA ang gadagkot sa kalayo
2.Gibaha ang balay patay ang tagbalay , si PGMA ang gabibsbis sa tubig
3.Jovan Fernandez nakapusil , si PGMA ang ga sugo
4.IBP mo butyag sa identities sa mga vigilantes , si PGMA ang mastermind
5.Mga nursing students na nanikas , si PGMA ang source sa leakage


Back to the topic ... I am only assuming that CONDOLEEZA was unseated because MERKEL has a higher position in the government compared to Rice but accomplishments and influence wise , naa gihapon ni CONDOLEEZA ang alas sa baraha .

[samsungster]

published in Philippine Daily Inquirer http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnew...ticle_id=18745

Arroyo thanks Forbes Magazine

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appreciates her being named by Forbes Magazine as one of the world's most powerful women.

"[She] considers [it] more an acknowledgement of the gains being made by the Filipino people on the road to political stability and economic progress,'' Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said.

"The President is but an instrument of the sovereign people and any accolade extended to her is an accolade for the entire Philippines,'' Bunye said.

Arroyo ranked 45th in Forbes Magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world. She outranked England's Queen Elizabeth II by a notch.

In 2005, Arroyo ranked fourth on the list.

[istoryador]

From No. 4 to No. 45 Glue-ria Arroyo slips from the Forbes Magazine ranking.

The slip is very significant. Thats 41 point slide.

[Gwynhuever]

@istoryador....sa ka gamay sa pilipinas...nakit-an si Gloria....laliman ka gi outrank niya ang Queen of England....wa na nimo makita bro...? and by the way correct me if I am wrong...is this about Merkel or Gloria

ang naglibog,
gwyn

[istoryador]

@istoryador....sa ka gamay sa pilipinas...nakit-an si Gloria....laliman ka gi outrank niya ang Queen of England....wa na nimo makita bro...? and by the way correct me if I am wrong...is this about Merkel or Gloria

ang naglibog,
gwyn

So we have another standard now. Its not about the ranking anymore. Its beating Queen Elizabeth!

[Gwynhuever]

^^ ka timing sad ka da...i concede this round to you...na parehas ko nimo kadyot....he he he....pina pakpak pa ka...nya pakpakan sad taka nga si merkel ang topic for ranking 1st gi singit jud nimo si Gloria...hmmmm