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Dubai debt won't hit Kochi port

Don Sebastian / DNA
Saturday, November 28, 2009 0:14 IST
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Saudi world's debt restructuring is worrying for Kerala on more than one count. Over 40% of the state's 25-lakh-strong expatriate community is in the UAE. A couple of mega infrastructure projects -- including the International Transshipment Container Terminal funded by Dubai Ports World, a subsidiary of Dubai World -- in Kochi look up to their Dubai-based promoters.

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