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5/26/06

Independent Online: Arab central banks move assets out of dollar - by Philip Thornton

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Arab central banks move assets out of dollar - by Philip Thornton

Middle Eastern anger over the decision by the US to block a Dubai company from buying five of its ports hit the dollar yesterday as a number of central banks said they were considering switching reserves into euros. The United Arab Emirates, which includes Dubai, said it was looking to move one-tenth of its dollar reserves into euros, while the governor of the Saudi Arabian central bank condemned the US move as "discrimination".

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