Former Prime Minister Tony Blair smiles at a news conference before the 2008 Atlantic Council Awards Dinner in Washington April 21, 2008.
Posted on 05/01/2008 11:17:38 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and tween idol Miley Cyrus have joined Time magazine's "100 most influential people" list alongside other world leaders, celebrities and sports stars.
U.S. television talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey again featured on the fifth annual list that was published online on Thursday and hits newsstands on Friday -- the only person listed every year the list has been published.
All three U.S. presidential candidates -- Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain -- were included in the 2008 list alongside Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, the head of India's ruling Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and media magnate Rupert Murdoch were also named.
Blair's exclusion from the list previously raised eyebrows but it appears his influence has grown since he retired as prime minister. He won a slot under "heroes and pioneers," one of five categories, for his work as a Middle East envoy.
Britain's current prime minister, Gordon Brown, did not get a mention in the list of nominees from 23 countries.
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Loved Tony Blair and miss him! A great friend of the U.S. who had the courage to stand with us, even at the expense of his political career. Now, THERE’S a leader who will be judged much more kindly by history than by his country presently.
Time. The rag that had Hitler as man of the year.
Blair deserves honorable mention. But was Bush on the list? If a terrorist can make it why can’t the President of the United States/
What part of "Republican" don't you understand?
It appears that General Petraeus did not make the list either. What a load of crap.
I didn’t recognize at least half of the names on the list. What’s wrong with me?
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