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Long-Term Employee Benefit Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Schedule of Company's defined benefit pension plan

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		2011				2010				2009
Projected benefit obligation
Beginning of year		$	352			$	330			$	274
Current service cost			11				11				9
Interest cost			19				18				16
Actuarial losses (gains) and changes in actuarial assumptions			42				(5	)			32
Benefits paid			(14	)			(17	)			(14)
Special termination benefit			1				8				—
Acquisition			—				5				—
Divestitures			(3	)			—				—
Currency translation			(5	)			2				13
End of year			403				352				330
Plan assets at fair value
Beginning of year			253				218				176
Return on plan assets			—				25				37
Employer contributions			24				21				13
Benefits paid			(14	)			(15	)			(13)
Settlement			—				—				(5)
Currency translation			(4	)			4				10
End of year			259				253				218
Ending funded status		$	144			$	99			$	112
Amounts recorded in the consolidated balance sheet
Non-current asset		$	(1	)		$	—			$	—
Current liability			2				2				2
Non-current liability			143				97				110
Net amount		$	144			$	99			$	112
Amounts recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income Unrecognized actuarial losses		$	(101	)		$	(42	)		$	(57)

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		2011				2010				2009
Net periodic benefit cost
Current service cost		$	11			$	11			$	9
Interest cost			19				18				16
Return on plan assets			(19	)			(17	)			(14)
Actuarial losses			1				2				2
Special termination benefit			1				8				—
Net periodic benefit cost		$	13			$	22			$	13

Long-term employee benefit liabilities

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		2011				2010				2009
Defined benefit pension plans and other [a]		$	143			$	97			$	110
Termination and long service arrangements [b]			229				212				184
Retirement medical benefits plans [c]			37				34				34
Other long-term employee benefits			10				13				11
Long-term employee benefit obligations		$	419			$	356			$	339

Future benefit payments

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		Defined benefit pension plans				Termination and long service arrangements				Retirement medical benefits plans				Total
Expected employer contributions - 2012		$	17			$	8			$	2			$	27
Expected benefit payments:
2012		$	16			$	8			$	2			$	26
2013			14				8				2				24
2014			14				10				3				27
2015			14				11				3				28
2016			14				12				3				29
Thereafter			81				88				12				181
		$	153			$	137			$	25			$	315

Asset allocation of the defined benefit pension plans

		2012		2011		2010
Equity securities		55-75%		60%		50%
Fixed income securities		25-45%		39%		21%
Cash and cash equivalents		0-15%		1%		29%
		100%		100%		100%

Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Summary of weighted average significant actuarial assumptions adopted in measuring the Company's obligations and costs

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		2011				2010				2009
Projected benefit obligation
Discount rate			4.7	%			5.5	%			5.8%
Rate of compensation increase			2.8	%			2.6	%			3.6%
Net periodic benefit cost
Discount rate			5.2	%			5.9	%			6.3%
Rate of compensation increase			2.7	%			3.5	%			3.6%
Expected return on plan assets			7.1	%			7.7	%			7.4%

Termination and long service arrangements [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Summary of weighted average significant actuarial assumptions adopted in measuring the Company's obligations and costs

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		2011				2010				2009
Discount rate			5.4	%			4.9	%			6.2%
Rate of compensation increase			4.0	%			3.9	%			4.1%

Schedule of Company's defined benefit pension plan

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		2011				2010				2009
Projected benefit obligation
Beginning of year		$	220			$	190			$	188
Current service cost			14				13				13
Interest cost			10				11				12
Actuarial losses (gains) and changes in actuarial assumptions			14				33				(4)
Benefits paid			(11	)			(12	)			(25)
Divestitures			—				(3	)			—
Currency translation			(10	)			(12	)			6
Ending funded status		$	237			$	220			$	190
Amounts recorded in the consolidated balance sheet
Current liability		$	8			$	8			$	6
Non-current liability			229				212				184
Net amount		$	237			$	220			$	190
Amounts recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income
Unrecognized actuarial losses		$	(45	)		$	(41	)		$	(16)

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		2011				2010				2009
Net periodic benefit cost
Current service cost		$	14			$	13			$	13
Interest cost			10				11				12
Actuarial losses			6				5				4
Net periodic benefit cost		$	30			$	29			$	29

Retirement medical benefits plans [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Summary of weighted average significant actuarial assumptions adopted in measuring the Company's obligations and costs

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		2011				2010				2009
Retirement medical benefit obligations			4.2	%			5.4	%			5.7%
Net periodic benefit cost			5.4	%			5.7	%			6.0%
Health care cost inflation			9.2	%			9.2	%			9.3%

Schedule of Company's defined benefit pension plan

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		2011				2010				2009
Projected benefit obligation
Beginning of year		$	36			$	36			$	66
Current service cost			—				—				1
Interest cost			2				2				3
Actuarial losses and changes in actuarial assumptions			4				1				3
Benefits paid			(3	)			(3	)			(3)
Curtailment			—				—				(36)
Currency translation			—				—				2
Ending funded status		$	39			$	36			$	36
Amounts recorded in the consolidated balance sheet
Current liability		$	2			$	2			$	2
Non-current liability			37				34				34
Net amount		$	39			$	36			$	36
Amounts recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income
Unrecognized past service costs		$	3			$	4			$	3
Unrecognized actuarial gains			12				18				20
Total accumulated other comprehensive income		$	15			$	22			$	23

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				2011		2010		2009
Net periodic benefit cost
Current service cost				$           —		$            —		$              1
Interest cost				2		2		3
Actuarial (gains) losses				(1)		(1)		2
Past service cost amortization				(1)		—		—
Curtailment gain [note 4]				—		—		(26)
Net periodic benefit cost				$           —		$              1		$           (20)

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Tabular disclosure of the major categories of plan assets of pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans. This information may include, but is not limited to, the target allocation of plan assets, the fair value of each major category of plan assets, and the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements fall.

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Tabular disclosure of one or more of the entity's defined benefit pension plans or one or more other defined benefit postretirement plans, separately for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans including the entity's schedule of fair value of plan assets for defined benefit or other postretirement plans.

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Tabular disclosure of benefits expected to be paid by pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans in each of the next five fiscal years and in the aggregate for the five fiscal years thereafter.

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