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Permanent Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012
Equity in restricted net assets of consolidated subsidiaries	$ 1,709,008
Percentage of stockholders' equity	145.00%

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Equity Method Investment, Underlying Equity in Net Assets, Percentage

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This item represents the entity's ownership percentage in the investee multiplied by the investee's total equity.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph (a)(3)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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