韓星Rain領跑《時代》最具影響力人物榜
Previously unknown newsmakers from Egypt and Japan joined pop stars and politicians on Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world released on Thursday.
The list includes pop culture giants such as Justin Bieber and Oprah Winfrey plus the lesser known Takeshi Kanno, a Japanese doctor who refused to leave behind victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
"We've always, always tried to tell stories through people. ... We discovered it was a fantastic way to get people to think about what's going on all over the world," said Time Deputy Managing Editor Michael Elliott.
South Korean pop star Rain won the People's Choice vote for the third straight year. Time editors chose the names on the list except for the People's Choice, selected by online voters.
"He has very determined fans," Elliott said.
The complete list can be seen on .
World leaders such as British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff populate the list for how they have wielded power .
"The first time I met David Cameron, I knew we were political soul mates," actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote in a profile for Time, calling him "a centrist who avoids the gutters of politics."
Others include Gabrielle Giffords, the American congresswoman who survived a bullet wound to the head during a gunman's rampage in Arizona, and Michele Bachmann, the Republican congresswoman from Minnesota who has energized the anti-tax, anti-spending Tea Party movement.
From the world of sport, Argentina soccer phenomenon Lionel Messi was joined by Indian cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose charisma and leadership united an ethnically diverse team that won the World Cup.《時代》百名全球最具影響力人物榜本週四出爐。除了常見的流行巨星和政治家外，來自埃及和日本的名不見經傳的新聞人物也紛紛登榜。
登榜人物包括賈斯汀•比伯、奧普拉•溫弗瑞等流行文化巨頭，以及在3月11日日本地震和海嘯發生時，拒絕丟下遇難者的醫生菅野武。
《時代》雜誌副主編邁克爾•埃利奧特說：“我們一直試圖通過大衆的視角進行報道。我們發現讓讀者去思考世界上正在發生什麼是個很好的方式。”
韓國歌星Rain連續第三年高居“民衆票選”榜首。該獎項由網民投票選出，其他上榜人物則由《時代》編輯選出。
埃利奧特說：“他有很多鐵桿粉絲。”
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英國首相大衛•卡梅倫、法國總統尼古拉•薩科奇、德國總理安吉拉•默克爾、巴西總統迪爾瑪•羅塞夫因執政出色而登榜。
前加州州長、影星阿諾•施瓦辛格在給《時代》的撰文中，稱卡梅倫爲“成功躲開政治泥潭的中間派”。他寫道：“我第一次見到大衛•卡梅倫時，就知道我們在政治上志同道合。”
其他登榜人物還包括美國國會女議員加布裏埃爾•吉福德。她曾在亞利桑那州遭歹徒槍襲，頭部中彈，但倖免於難；以及美國明尼蘇達州共和黨國會女議員米歇爾•巴克曼。她曾發起反徵稅、反消費的茶黨運動。（譯者注：茶黨運動形容民主黨政府推行的經濟刺激計劃是“毫無價值的消費”。）
阿根廷球星里奧內爾•梅西、印度板球球星馬亨德拉•辛格•東尼等多位全球體壇明星也登上該榜。東尼的體育才能和在賽場的領導能力使他可以團結起一隻多種族隊伍，並獲得板球世界盃冠軍。
