Sonia, Mittal on Time list
New York: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, steel baron L. N. Mittal and
Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi figure in Time magazine's coveted list of 100
most influential people, which also includes Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin
Laden. But missing from the list, for the first time in four years, is
United States President George W. Bush.
In a write-up on Ms. Gandhi, Time said that in the 16 years since the
death of her husband, she had become the face of the country's most
famous family and as leader of the Congress, she managed the largest
political party in the country and steered it to victory.
The list also features Queen Elizabeth II, Sudanese President Mohamed
Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, acting Cuban President Raul Castro, Iranian
supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Chinese President Hu Jintao, King
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Pope Benedict XVI. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Barrack Obama, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi are among the Americans on the list.
(The Hindu)
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