Income Taxes (Details Textuals) (USD $) In Thousands	12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2011	Apr. 30, 2010	Apr. 30, 2009
Income Taxes (Textuals) [Abstract]
Valuation allowance for other deferred tax assets	$ 137
Valuation allowance increase (decrease)	146	5,556	864
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries on which deferred income taxes not provided	194,058
Amount unrecognized tax benefit could decrease in next 12 months	1,874
Company's unrecognized tax benefits	20,261	15,322	13,794
Unrecognized tax benefits that would affect the effective tax rate	13,939	11,321
Tax-related net interest and penalties	1,792	2,289
Tax-related net interest and penalties credited to earnings	$ 497	$ 594	$ 1,982

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Net interest and penalty activity that occurs in conjunction with the Company's FIN 48 tax positions. Interest and penalties accrue on the tax positions as they remain outstanding over a period of time. When the tax positions expire (statute of limitations has passed on a specific tax year), the interest and penalties that have accrued are then reversed.

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Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries of which the Company has asserted will be indefinitely reinvested, and therefore deferred income taxes have not been provided.

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Valuation Allowance for other Deferred Tax assets.

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For a tax position taken for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefit will significantly increase or decrease within twelve months of the balance sheet date, provide an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change.

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The gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits (tax reductions recognized in financial reports but excluded from tax returns) pertaining to uncertain tax positions taken in tax returns as of the beginning balance sheet date, excluding amounts pertaining to examined tax returns.

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This element represents the total of accruals as of the date of the statement of financial position for interest recognized for an underpayment of income taxes computed by applying the applicable statutory rate of interest to the difference between a tax position recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amount previously taken or expected to be taken in a tax return of the entity and the amount of statutory penalties for a tax position claimed or expected to be claimed by the entity, in its tax return, that does not meet the minimum statutory threshold to avoid payment of penalties.

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The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate.

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The amount of the change in the period in the valuation allowance for a specified deferred tax asset.

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