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Income Taxes - Schedule of Income before income tax, Domestic and Foreign (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax [Line Items]
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes, equity in affiliates	$ 15,109us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ (137,850)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ (64,528)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Domestic Tax Authority
Income Tax [Line Items]
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes, equity in affiliates	46,728us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember	21,661us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember	(36,644)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
Foreign Tax Authority
Income Tax [Line Items]
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes, equity in affiliates	$ (31,619)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember	$ (159,511)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember	$ (27,884)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember

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Sum of operating profit and nonoperating income or expense before Income or Loss from equity method investments, income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)(1)(i))

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