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 5. Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI leads the Ash service at the Santa Sabina Basilica on March 9, 2011 in Rome, Italy. Highest earthly authority for 1.1 billion souls, or one-sixth of world's population. Staunch traditionalist deplores secularism, consumerism and moral relativism, unbending on birth control, gay marriage and ordination of female priests. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images) 
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03-10-2011, 12:28 PM
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 4. Vladimir Putin 4. Vladimir Putin speaks to the media after winning the 2018 bid duirng the FIFA World Cup 2018 & 2022 Host Countries Announcement at the Messe Conference Centre on December 2, 2010 in Zurich, Switzerland. Prime Minister still more powerful than his handpicked head-of-state, President Dmitry Medvedev. Former KGB officer will likely replace protege in 2012. In the meantime, has final say over one-ninth of Earth's land area, vast energy and mineral resources. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
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03-10-2011, 12:28 PM
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 3. Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, is seen during his state visit to the United Kingdom. Absolute ruler of desert kingdom that contains the world's largest crude oil reserves, two holiest sites in Islam. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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03-10-2011, 12:28 PM
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 2. Barack Obama US President Barack Obama, gestures as he speaks to members of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations July 12, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama, who last year topped the list, has been placed behind Hu at second while Saudi King Abdullah stands third most powerful man in the world. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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03-10-2011, 12:29 PM
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 1. Hu Jintao Chinese President Hu Jintao smiles during a meeting with US President George W Bush in the Oval Office of the White House May 1, 2002 in Washington, DC. Jintao has been described by the magazine as a person who "unlike Western counterparts, can divert rivers, build cities, jail dissidents and censor internet without meddling from pesky bureaucrats, courts."(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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