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The business "Forbes" said Russia's Vladimir Putin is the world's most powerful person. He Barack Obama from the top. "Forbes" is well for making comparing the rich and famous. This list asked: "Who’s more powerful: the leader of a superpower or the handcuffed commander-in-chief of the most country in the world?" Forbes gives reasons why Obama is now number two, and has become a "lame " president. These include the recent government shutdown, Syria, and spying and security leaks .

Forbes wrote: "There are nearly 7.2 billion people on the . These are the 72 that the most." It said its list showed the top heads of , financiers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs "who run the world." Forbes' looked at four things. One is who has over lots of people; second is the financial resources each person controls; is if the person has power "in multiple "; and finally, how much he or she "actively uses their power". The editors put the U.N. Secretary-General 22 behind the CEO of retail Wal-Mart.

 


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