Manhattan played host to the world’s most powerful tourists last week, and there weren’t enough presidential suites to go around. (President Bush has the Waldorf’s.) One hotel exec says, “They pay the full rate. Very, very full.”

1. Tony Blair
Prime minister of Britain

2. Jalal Talabani
President of Iraq

3. Mahinda Rajapaksa
President of Sri Lanka

4. Abdoulaye Wade
President of Senegal

5. Thaksin Shinawatra
Deposed prime minister of Thailand

6. Pervez Musharraf
President of Pakistan

7. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President of Iran

8. Desmond Tutu
South African bishop

9. Vicente Fox
President of Mexico

10. Robert Mugabe
Executive president of Zimbabwe

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