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Least trusted: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and George W. Bush. (Reuters, AP) Last update - 23:42 16/06/2008 Bush, Musharraf, Ahmadinejad top least-trusted leaders list By Reuters Tags: Bush, Ban-Ki Moon  U.S. President George W. Bush is ranked only slightly above the rulers of Pakistan and Iran as one of the least-trusted leaders in the world, a survey released on Monday showed. The survey, carried out by WorldPublicOpinion.org in 20 countries around the world, found that no national leaders inspired wide confidence outside their own countries. But Bush, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ranked at the bottom, the polling showed. Only 23 percent of people outside the United States had "a lot or some" confidence in Bush, compared to 22 percent for Ahmadinejad and 18 percent for Musharraf. Advertisement The leaders of other countries fared little better. Only 26 percent had confidence in French President Nicolas Sarkozy, 28 percent in Chinese President Hu Jintao, 30 percent in British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and 32 percent in Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has since become prime minister. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had the highest confidence levels, at 35 percent. "While the worldwide mistrust of George Bush has created a global leadership vacuum, no alternative leader has stepped into the breach," said Steven Kull, director of WorldPublicOpinion.org. "Hu Jintao and Vladimir Putin are popular among some nations, but more mistrust them than trust them." WorldPublicOpinion.org is a project involving research centers around the world and is managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. The group polled 19,751 people in nations that represent 60 percent of the world's population. The survey was conducted between Jan. 10 and May 6, with margins of error of plus or minus 2 to 4 percent. Related articles: Israel: Bush means business on Iran nukes Ahmadinejad: West failing to halt our nuclear victory Bookmark to del.icio.us   Religious pressure Tel Aviv supermarket chain agrees gradual Shabbat closure. Overgenerous diplomacy UN envoy: Israel has given Syria a 'huge gift' for free.   1.   In Israel no one can beat Olmert. How low can he go? Negative? 23:57  |  common sense 16/06/08   2.   ADD TWO MORE TO THE LIST:BUSH/MERT ONES WHO GIVE PIECE FOR DEATH 00:32  |  glenna 17/06/08   3.   Is there a difference? 02:08  |  Mark Lincoln 17/06/08   4.   Common Sense 03:37  |  Mark Lincoln 17/06/08   5.   Akiva 06:41  |  Connie 17/06/08   6.   Did anyone know the name of Israel`s Prime Minister? 09:28  |  Clickfool 17/06/08   7.   Trust is not the Issue here 10:34  |  Shimon Cleopas 17/06/08   8.   bread and ipods 10:43  |  Homo sapiens 17/06/08   9.   AS LONG AS THEY WERE ARABS 10:55  |  indrajaya 17/06/08   10.   (RAS) PUTIN 32%...... 13:04  |  Robert 17/06/08   11.   To 9, 22:29  |  Jozef 17/06/08

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