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Angela Merkel
German Chancellor
Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union party in Germany, Merkel has led the country as Chancellor since 2005.
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Archbishop of Canterbury
Dr Rowan Williams
Previously Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales, Dr Williams has held office since 2003 as Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Barack Obama
President of the United States of America
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Baroness Thatcher
Conservative peer and former prime minister
Margaret Thatcher, nickenamed "the Iron Lady", served as British prime minister from 1979 to 1990.
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Christopher Hitchens
British author and journalist
Christopher Hitchens became known as a left-wing political commentator in the UK and US. However, his controversial opinions on Islam and the Iraq war have caused him to be labelled a…
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Cormac Murphy O'Connor
Former archbishop of Westminster
The former Catholic archbishop of Westminster was nominated as part of a team investigating child sex abuse in Ireland.
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Fabio Capello
England manager
Italian Fabio Capello is a former player who has managed AC Milan, Real Madrid, Roma and Juventus. He became England football coach in 2007 and will lead the team into this year's World Cup finals in…
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Harriet Harman
Labour MP for Camberwell and Peckham
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development. Harman was acting leader of the party during the 2010 leadership contest.
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Ian Paisley
Former Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
Co-founder of Northern Ireland's DUP, the politician and church minister led the party from1971 to 2008.
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Irish child abuse reports
2009 saw the publication of two reports, commissioned by the Irish government, into child sex abuse in Ireland.
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