Forbes: Top 10 Most Powerful Women

Angela Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AP/Jens Meyer)
Hillary Clinton U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (AP/Schalk van Zuydam)
Britain Brazil President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff (AP/Alastair Grant)
#4: Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (AP/Virginia Mayo)
#5: Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times. (AP)
Sonia Gandhi #6: Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi (AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia)
Michelle Obama #7: First lady Michelle Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Christine Lagarde, Danny Alexander #8: Director of IMF Christine Lagarde. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Janet Napolitano, Mark Begich #9: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
#10: Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer. (AP)
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