WASHINGTON, Dec 13: Two of the 12 candidates for the 2008 presidential campaign in the US consider Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world while nine say it is Iran and one considers China the most threatening nation.

In interviews to CBS Evening News, two leading Democratic candidates — Senators Hillary Clinton and Joseph Biden — declared Pakistan the most dangerous country. Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson described Iran as the most dangerous while John Edwards said it was China.

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