Forbes: Most Powerful People

                                         
          The world known journal Forbes introduces the list of the most powerful people of the world. The top places of this list are very competitive. This year the top three most powerful people are:

1. Barack Obama, President of the USA,
2. Vladimir Putin, Prime-minister of Russia,
3. Hu Jintao, President of People's Republic of China,

          The list is made, based on the amount of the people, over whom they have power, the financial resources controlled by them, the number of spheres, on which they have power, and the most important index is how actively they used their power.
          As we all saw in summer of 2011, during the technical default in the USA, China was willing to help, but had ambitions to make its currency Yuan N1 international currency in the world. Russian prime-minister Vladimir Putin has also taken very active role in international arena.  So Barack Obama has really strong competitors. As we can see Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, is the most powerful woman in the world.
          But in general, if we take a look at the list, we can see that the most powerful people of the word are men. I think that women should take more active role in political and social arenas, and not to say that they don't have the same opportunities as men. Because Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton are bright examples of those opportunities.
http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/gallery