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Note 5 - SHORT-TERM BANK DEPOSITS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Note 5 - Short-Term Bank Deposits Tables |
SHORT-TERM BANK DEPOSITS |
|  | As of December 31 |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |
Unrestricted short-term bank deposits |  | $ | 2,529 |  |  | $ | 6,210 |
Restricted short-term bank deposits |  |  | 12,024 |  |  |  | 11,217 |
|  | $ | 14,553 |  |  | $ | 17,427 |

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