Devising a point system according to title, economic entity and international media mentions, the publication has come up with a list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the world.

From court justices to corporate types and cosmetic queens to media queens, the list includes 56 American women.

Topping the list is Rice, President Bush’s smart and articulate National Security Adviser who has been been touted as a presidential candidate. (See NewsMax’s special report "Condi’s Values” – Click Here.)

Interestingly, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) ranked at #58. But Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), of the second largest state in America and the only female Senate Republican leader, didn’t even make the list.

Others: Karen Hughes - 18, Lynn Cheney - 23, Margaret Whitman, President and CEO of Ebay - 51, and, of course, Oprah Winfrey – 62.

After Rice, the top ten included:

2. Wu Yi, Vice Premier, China

3. Sonia Gandhi, President, Congress Party, India

4. Laura Bush, First Lady, U.S.

5. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator, U.S.

6. Sandra Day O’Connor, Supreme Court Justice, U.S.

7. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice, U.S.

8. Megawati Sukarnoputri, President, Indonesia

9. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President, Philippines

10. Carleton S. Fiorina, Chairwoman and Chief Executive, Hewlett-Packard, U.S.

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