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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Details)	9 Months Ended
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Details)	Sep. 30, 2011 USD ($) Y Segment Hedge	Sep. 30, 2011 BRL	Sep. 30, 2010 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 BRL	Sep. 30, 2011 Derivative Contracts Designated as Hedging Instruments USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Derivative Contracts Designated as Hedging Instruments USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Derivative Contracts Designated as Hedging Instruments Foreign Exchange Contracts Accounts payable and accrued liabilities USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Derivative Contracts Designated as Hedging Instruments Foreign Exchange Contracts Accounts payable and accrued liabilities USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Derivative Contracts Designated as Hedging Instruments Foreign Exchange Contracts Deferred and other non-current liabilities USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Derivative Contracts Designated as Hedging Instruments Interest Rate Contracts Miscellaneous USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments Foreign Exchange Contracts Prepaid and other USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments Foreign Exchange Contracts Prepaid and other USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments Foreign Exchange Contracts Accounts payable and accrued liabilities USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments Foreign Exchange Contracts Accounts payable and accrued liabilities USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments Foreign Exchange Contracts Deferred and other non-current liabilities USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments Foreign Exchange Contracts Deferred and other non-current liabilities USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Contracts Prepaid and other USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Contracts Accounts payable and accrued liabilities USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Contracts Deferred and other non-current liabilities USD ($)
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
Number of foreign currency cash flow hedge held	1
Notional amount of the foreign currency forward contracts, designated as a cash flow hedge	$ 700,000	1,300,000	$ 1,600,000	2,700,000
Maximum period for which forecasted transactions are hedged by foreign currency forward contracts under cash flow hedge (in months)	6M
Aggregate contract amount of forward exchange contracts, outstanding at the end of the period	182,900,000
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Assets						155,000				155,000	866,000	1,660,000	866,000	1,660,000					900,000
Derivative Liabilities					$ 274,000	$ 686,000	$ 274,000	$ 309,000	$ 377,000		$ 3,975,000	$ 3,537,000			$ 2,084,000	$ 1,089,000	$ 1,891,000	$ 2,448,000		$ 2,400,000	$ 1,900,000