Forbes: Cherie Blair "12th most powerful woman in the world"

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BBC News snip:


Mrs Blair gets power from her work and her husband, Forbes said.

The prime minister's wife, Cherie Blair, has been ranked the 12th most powerful woman in the world by business magazine Forbes.
She was one of six UK women to make the top 100 list, led by US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.

Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was ranked at 21, followed by the Queen at 22 and author JK Rowling at 85. Pearson chief executive Marjorie Scardino and London Stock Exchange boss Clara Furse also made the list.

The top three most powerful women were: Ms Rice; China's health minister and a vice-premier, Wu Yi; and the president of India's Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi. President Bush's wife, Laura, was placed fourth, followed by her predecessor as First Lady, Hillary Clinton at fifth place. The magazine described Mrs Blair as getting "her power both from her own work and from that of her husband".
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Wonder how long before Forbes finally publishes next story: "Cherie Blair, daughter of massive fraudster Robert Maxwell, ranked 12th worst criminal on Planet Earth after Margaret Thatcher, Condoleezza Rice, Lilly Safra and Pamela Harriman"??????????????????