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(Left to Right: Mr. Arroyo, Mrs. Powell, President Arroyo, Secretary Powell in the receiving line in Thomas Jefferson Room for lunch guests, March 19, 2003)
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Also in the list were: 
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Chinese Communist Party leader Wu Yi (#2)
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Newcomer Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (#3)
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eBay chief executive Margaret Whitman (#5)
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Citigroup Chief financial officer Sallie Krawcheck (#7)
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TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey (#9)
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Melinda Gates, the wife of Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates (#10)
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Imprisoned Myanmar leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi (#15)
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U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (#26)
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British author JK Rowling (#40)
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U.S. First Lady Laura Bush (#46)
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Visit this Forbes page <a href="http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/1YDI.html" target="_blank" class="news_link" title="Complete 

list">http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/1YDI.html</a> for the complete 2005 list.
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The Forbes rankings are based on a composite of visibility (measured by press citations) and economic impact. The latter, in turn, reflects three 

things: résumé (a prime minister is more powerful than a senator); the size of the economic sphere over which a leader holds sway; and a 

multiplier that aims to make different economic yardsticks comparable. 
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<b>Reference:</b><br/>
Philippines News Agency<br/>
www.forbes.com
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Today in Filipino History, July 29, 2005, Forbes Magazine listed President Arroyo as the "4th Most Powerful Woman" in the world