Monster Merkel

By Michael J.W. Stickings

The 10 most powerful women in the world, according to Forbes (via the BBC):

1. Angela Merkel (German chancellor)
2. Wu Yi (Chinese vice-premier)
3. Ho Ching (Temasek Holdings)
4. Condoleezza Rice (US Secretary of State)
5. Indra Nooyi (PepsiCo)
6. Sonia Ghandi (Indian National Congress Party)
7. Cynthia Carroll (Anglo American)
8. Patricia Wortz (Archer Daniels Midland)
9. Irene Rosenfeld (Kraft Foods)
10. Patricia Russo (Alcatel-Lucent)

Merkel? Okay. But where's Oprah? -- #21.

Here are some of the others:

23. Queen Elizabeth II
24. Melinda Gates
25. Hillary Clinton
26. Nancy Pelosi
55. Meredith Vieira
60. Laura Bush
62. Diane Sawyer
63. Katie Couric
74. Christiane Amanpour

What, no Madonna?