Peaceful winner

Published: Sunday, Oct. 15 2006 12:00 a.m. MDT

Farjana K Godhuly, Getty Images

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Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, center left, is hugged by a friend at his office in Dhaka on Saturday. Bangladesh reacted with pride and delight as microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus became the country's first Nobel laureate. Thousands of people besieged his home on the outskirts of Dhaka eager to congratulate the Peace Prize winner credited with lifting millions out of poverty. Yunus' Grameen Bank specializes in giving small loans to landless, rural people to help them become self-employed.

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