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Who do you think was the most influential
person in shaping events this year?
Have your say and help us in choosing
the Person of this year. Choose him and say why did
you choose him, and tell us if you have any other
suggestions.
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Hugo
Chavez
In May 2006, he was named one of Time
magazine's 100 most influential people. Hugo Chavez, the
president of Venezuela is an ardent critic of neoliberal
globalization and US foreign policy.
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Hassan
Nasrallah
Sheikh Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is the
leader of the Lebanese Hizbullah resistance movement. He
took over the leadership after Israel assassinated the
movement's leader Sayyed Abbas Al-Musawi in 1992.
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Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad
Born in Garmsar, the son of a blacksmith,
Ahmadinejad's family moved to Tehran when he was 1 year old.
He entered Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)
to study civil engineering in 1976.
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Donald
Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld is the scapegoat of the
Republicans. Four times a Congressman, Rumsfeld's hard-right
voting record in the House established his conservative
credentials.
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Abdullah
Ahmed Badawi
Pak Lah or Mr. Clean, as he is informally
known, is the prime minister of Malaysia. He is responsible
for an Asian economic tiger that has been a model for the
past two decades for most of Asia.
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Pope
Benedict XVI
Joseph Ratzinger was born into a
traditional Bavarian farming family in 1927, but his father
was a policeman. He was elected pope in April 2005,
after the death of Pope John Paul II, and chose the name
Benedict XVI.
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Fuad
el Siniora
He lost control and sobbed for a few
seconds during his address to Arab League diplomats in
Beirut during the July 2006 war as he described the fate of
civilians in South Lebanon, then rapidly regained his
composure after a standing ovation.
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Muhammad
Yunus
A genius Bangladeshi banker and
economist, Muhammad Yunus is the developer and founder of
the concept of microcredit, the extension of small loans to
entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank
loans. Yunus is also the founder of Grameen Bank.
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Ismael
Haniya
Ismael Haniya is the prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority and a senior political leader of Hamas. Nominated for prime minister following Hamas's "List of Change and Reform" victory in the Palestinian...
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Kim
Jong Il
"I know I'm an object of criticism in the world, but if I am being talked about, I must be doing the right things."
Kim John Il is the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a position he has held since 1994.
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Ayatollah
Sistani
Ayatollah Sistani is the main religious
figure in Iraq and is considered by many analysts to be one
of the most influential actors in the Iraqi tragedy.
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Saddam
Hussein
Born in 1937, Saddam Hussein was the president of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003, when he was deposed during the United States-led invasion of Iraq.
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