Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni ranked No. 52 in Forbes Magazine's annual list of the world's most influential women, published Thursday, outstripped by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who ranked No.7 out of 100.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was chosen for the third year in a row as the Number One Most Influential Woman of the Year. U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) was rated at No.28, but with the highest public profile due to her run this year in the American Democratic race for the presidency.