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Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Accrued and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities Disclosure [Table Text Block] | Changes in noncontrolling interest amounts included in accrued and other liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2012 and three months ended March 31, 2013 were as follows:
|  | Noncontrolling Interests |
Balance, December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 4,049 |
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | 6,012 |
Distributions made |  |  | (7,673 | )
Cumulative translation adjustments |  |  | 1,236 |
Balance, December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 3,624 |
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | 984 |
Distributions made |  |  | (1,387 | )
Other (1) |  |  | 198 |
Cumulative translation adjustments |  |  | 10 |
Balance, March 31, 2013 |  | $ | 3,429 |
(1) | Other primarily relates to step-up transactions and discontinued operations.

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