A Time Magazine survey has placed President Mahinda Rajapaksa sixth among top 10 world leaders, influential persons, celebrities, including Hollywood stars and sporting icons, leaving US President Barrak Obama trailing far behind at 47th position and other international leaders who failed to figure in the top 10 line up.
President Rajapaksa has been ranked sixth among the 100 most influential persons of 2011 leaving behind all top political heavyweights and Hollywood superstars.
Among those who were ranked below the President were such stalwarts as Hillary Clinton, US Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin and tennis ace Rafael Nadal. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi together with Hollywood starlets Sandra Bullock and Natalie Portman were all pushed way down the list.
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