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Long-Term Employee Benefit Liabilities - Asset Allocation of Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Detail) (Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member])	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsequent [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsequent [Member] Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities	57.00%	60.00%	55.00%	75.00%
Fixed income securities	42.00%	39.00%	25.00%	45.00%
Cash and cash equivalents	1.00%	1.00%	0.00%	15.00%
Total	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%

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Defined benefit plan cash and cash equivalents.

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Defined benefit plans target allocation percentage.

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Defined Benefit Plan Target Allocation Percentage Of Assets Debt Fixed Income Securities

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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 132R

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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