Jessica Alba tops Web site’s list of best potential girlfriends

New York – More guys want Jessica Alba for their girlfriend than any other woman, according to AskMen.com’s top 99 list for 2006.

The 24-year-old actress tops the Web site’s list ranking female celebrities on their “long-term relationship material.” Alba is followed by “Alfie” star Sienna Miller and the ubiquitous Angelina Jolie.

The list will be posted Tuesday.

James Bassil, editor-in-chief of AskMen.com, told The Associated Press the list was determined by the rankings of 2.5 million readers and by the site’s staff.

Readers of the online magazine were asked to vote according to the woman they would most want a relationship with, would consider marrying or thought best-suited to be the mother of their children.

The rest of the top 10, in order, is Brazilian model Adriana Lima (No. 1 last year), “Access Hollywood” correspondent Maria Menounos, Charlize Theron, Jessica Biel, singer Amerie, Natalie Portman and Eva Longoria.

Britney Spears – a mainstay of such lists in previous years – failed to make the list.

World Economic Forum honors former boxer Muhammad Ali

Davos, Switzerland – Muhammad Ali was honored at the World Economic Forum for his efforts to promote dialogue and understanding between the Muslim and Western worlds.

Accompanied by his wife, Yolanda, Ali received the first-ever prize from the Council of 100 Leaders, a group formed at the forum’s annual meeting two years ago to promote understanding between the West and Muslims.

Britain’s former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey of Clifton, who is on the Council of 100, recalled Ali’s boxing career and his public acknowledgment of having Parkinson’s Disease.

“Who among us was not stirred and moved … as he lit the flame at the start of the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta?” he asked.

And as he repeated the boxer’s famous mantra – “I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!” – Ali lashed out with a quick left jab.

His wife, Yolanda, gave a speech to accept the award as Ali sat back down Saturday.

“Even though his voice is silent,” she said, choking back tears, “dialogue is not always verbal. Sometimes it’s about gestures, interaction.”