Photographs: Courtesy: Time magazine
United States President Barack Obama has been named Time Magazine's 2012 Person of the Year, with the US publication calling him the 'Architect of New America'.
This is second time in four years that Obama has been named person of the year by the publication. He had received the title in 2008.
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Time names Obama 'Person of the year', the second time
Photographs: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Handout/Reuters
Coming closely behind Obama is young Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, who is recuperating in a British hospital after being shot by the Taliban in October in Pakistan for speaking out about girls' right to education.
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Time names Obama 'Person of the year', the second time
Photographs: Reuters
Egypt's first democratically elected President Mohammad Mursi also found a place among the runners up.
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Time names Obama 'Person of the year', the second time
Photographs: Samrang Pring/Reuters
Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife and US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton for their global humanitarian and political activism also found their names in the list.
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Time names Obama 'Person of the year', the second time
Photographs: Fabrice Coffrini/Reuters
Another surprise addition to the list is Higgs Boson, popularly known as the 'God Particle', along with the three scientists who discovered it -- Peter Higgs, Robert Brout and Francois Englert.
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