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Forbes' most powerful women of 2008
1. Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel has topped Forbes' list for the third year in succession. Her home nation refers to the conservative leader as Mrs World and Forbes praised her for the way she "bulldozes through controversy".
Merkel is Germany's most popular post-war leader on record, the country's first female chancellor and head of Europe's biggest economy. A force to be reckoned with.
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