Forbes finds Obama, Singh powerful; also Osama and Dawood

New York, Nov 12 (PTI) US President Barack Obama and
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh find themselves in the
unusual company of the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin
Laden and fugitive Dawood Ibrahim in a list of the World's
Most Powerful people compiled by Forbes.
Obama was named most powerful, while Chinese President Hu
Jintao and Russian PM Vladimir Putin complete the top three.
The list features three resident Indians - Singh and
industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Ratan Tata, and two
non-residents -- fugitive Dawood, and Lakshmi Mittal who lives
in London and heads the world's largest steel company.
Singh has been ranked 36th, while the country's top
corporate house Reliance Industries' chief Mukesh Ambani finds
himself ranked 44th ahead of Tata Group chief Ratan Tata (59).
Ranked very next to Singh is al-Qaeda founder Osama bin
Laden at 37th place, while Indian underworld don Dawood
Ibrahim is at 50th position.
Dawood, head of the infamous 'D-Company', is wanted by
India in connection with the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai and
has been listed by the US as 'Specially Designated Global
Terrorist' for funding al-Qaeda.
Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of 9/11 terror strike on
US, too has been eluding US-led multi-national armed forces.
Dalai Lama is ranked 39th and Pope Benedict-XVI 11th.
The magazine took into consideration the influence of the
person, whether they control relatively large financial
resources compared with their peers and are they powerful in
multiple spheres. PTI MBH