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Lines of Credit | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Lines of Credit |
22. | LINES OF CREDIT
The Group had unused lines of committed and uncommitted credit facilities available amounting to $893.2 million at December 31, 2012 (December 31, 2011: $1,429.1 million).

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