00:00Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus returned home to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a new
00:07interim government after weeks of tumultuous student protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh
00:13Hasina to resign and flee to neighboring India.
00:17A harsh critic of Hasina, 84-year-old Yunus arrived in Dhaka following medical treatment
00:23in Paris after protesters backed him for the role in a government tasked with holding elections
00:28for a new leader.
00:41The economist appeared emotional and held back tears as he spoke to reporters at the
00:45airport where he was greeted by senior military officers and student leaders.
00:51He said Bangladesh has the possibility of becoming a very beautiful nation.
00:55He also said the student protesters had saved the country and that freedom had to be protected.
01:02Yunus is set to be sworn in as chief of a team of advisers at the official residence
01:06of President Mohammad Shahabuddin.
01:09Known as the banker to the poor, Yunus received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for founding a
01:14bank that pioneered the fight against poverty through small loans to needy borrowers.
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