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Bangladesh turmoil

Nobel winner Yunus picking up 'mess' left by ousted Bangladesh PM

Microcredit pioneer in charge after nemesis Sheikh Hasina flees

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris on Aug. 7. The microcredit pioneer was asked to lead a caretaker government in Bangladesh.   © Reuters

DHAKA -- Muhammad Yunus won acclaim overseas for his pioneering work in microcredit. But at home in Bangladesh, the country's ruler Sheikh Hasina saw the Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist as a political threat to be contained.

Just two months ago, Yunus was fighting for his legacy after being indicted on what many see as a long history of trumped-up charges. Now the 84-year-old is leading a caretaker government while his old nemesis Hasina has fled the country.

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