Khalifa among 71 'strongest world personalities'

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, may God protect him, has been named in the American magazine Forbes' list of 71 strongest personalities in the world for the year 2012. His Highness has been in the list for the past three years. The list included prominent political leaders, US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron. The list also comprised Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and prominent figures in the fields of business, such as the founder of "Microsoft" Bill Gates, Mexican telecoms tycoon of Lebanese origin, Carlos Slim, and Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of "Facebook" sit, as well as religious leaders, such as Pope Benedict the sixth. The magazine said on its website that its new list included 71 personalities based on the number of the world's population of 1.7 billion people. From Gulf Today