Zardari among Time magazine's '20 People Who Mattered Most in 2008'

Washington, Dec 26 (ANI): President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has made it to Time magazine's new list of 'People Who Mattered'.

Zardari ends 2008 as the President of a nuclear-armed nation threatened by Islamic militancy and on the verge of economic collapse.

Swimmer Michael Phelps also landed a place in the prestigious list because of his historic win at the Olympics this year.

Along with Rick Warren, pastor of a Lake Forest, Calif., church, who has written a self-help book that sold more than 30 million copies, UK leader Gordon Brown and George W Bush have also made the cut.

Hillary Clinton, Robert Downey Jr. and Tina Fey are also in the list.

Full List of 'People Who Mattered':

- Ingrid Betancourt - Rod Blagojevich

- Gordon Brown

- George W. Bush

- Hillary Clinton

- Robert Downey Jr.

- Tina Fey

- Richard Fuld Jr.

- Robert Gates

- Somaly Mam

- John McCain

- Stephenie Meyer

- Robert Mugabe

- Michael Phelps

- Mikheil Saakashvili

- The Somali Pirates

- Dara Torres

- Craig Venter

- Rick Warren

- Asif Ali Zardari (ANI)