Forbes: World's 25 most powerful people

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  1. Forbes has released its annual ranking of the world's most powerful people.

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    The magazine took into account how many people the person has power over, the financial resources they control, their influence in several different arenas and how actively they wield their power. Here are the Top 25.

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    25. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook co-founder/CEO

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    24. Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric

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    23. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister

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    22. Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil

  7. 21. Ali Hoseini-Khamenei, Grand ayatollah of Iran

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    20. (tie) Sergey Brian, Google co-founder and director of special projects

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    20. (tie) Larry Page, Google CEO

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    19. Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister

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    18. Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian president

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    17. Michael Duke, CEO of Walmart Stores

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    16. Michael Bloomberg, New York City mayor

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    15. Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway

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    14. Francois Hollande, French president

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    13. Li Keqiang, vice premier of China

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    12. Sonia Gandhi, Indian National Congress president

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    11. Carlos Slim Helu and family, Mexican billionaire

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    10. David Cameron, British prime minister

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    9. Xi Jinping, general secretary of China's Communist Party

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    8. Mario Draghi, Bank of Italy director and incoming European Central Bank president

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    7. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, Saudi king

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    6. Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve board chairman

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    5. Pope Benedict XVI

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    4. Bill Gates, Microsoft founder

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    3. Vladimir Putin, Russian prime minister

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    2. Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor

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    1. Barack Obama, U.S. president

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