Time lists top 100 shakers

THEY range from the Dalai Lama to the inventors of the blackberry, from terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela.

Time Magazine’s eclectic list of the world’s 100 most influential people includes rappers, designers, world leaders and a tsunami survivor. The movers and shakers hail from 31 different countries and have done the most to shape our world, according to the magazine’s editors.

The issue hits news-stands today.

“It really shows the breadth of human endeavour,” said Time’s managing editor Jim Kelly. “Influence can be defined in a myriad of ways.”