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Lines of Credit	12 Months Ended
	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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