Micro-Credit Pioneer Wins Peace Prize

PARIS, Oct. 13 -- Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he created won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for leveraging small loans into major social change for impoverished families.
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Molly Moore

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