From Holden:

I guess Chimpy has the magic touch.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has unseated U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the world’s most powerful woman, according to a new ranking by Forbes magazine.

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Rice holds the number 2 spot, followed by China’s Vice Premier Wu Yi, PepsiCo Chief Executive Indra Nooyi and Xerox Corp CEO Anne Mulcahy.

Others on the list are Sonia Gandhi (13), president of India’s National Congress Party, U.S. talk-show host Oprah Winfrey (14), U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (18), British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett (29) and First Lady Laura Bush (43).

Laura’s really sucking wind there at the end, huh.