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Income Taxes - Details of Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
At January 1	$ 0	$ (7.5)	$ (10.8)
Change in foreign tax credits	0	7.5	3.3
At December 31	$ 0	$ 0	$ (7.5)

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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