WASHINGTON (AFP) – Nobel laureate and pioneering micro-financier Muhammad Yunus on Monday claimed his ousting from Grameen Bank was part of a Bangladeshi government power grab. The 70-year-old, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his pioneering concept of small cash loans, was last week removed from the bank he founded and directed, sparking protests in Bangladesh and global diplomatic scorn. “They want to put…
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