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Shareholders' Equity - Ordinary Shares (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		33 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2010	Apr. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Nov. 30, 2014
Common Stock Programs
Cost of shares repurchased	$ 2,250,000,000	$ 1,102,000,000	$ 1,125,000,000
Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Common Stock Programs
Number of shares repurchased (in shares)	25.8	16.8
Average price per share of shares purchased under share repurchase program (in dollars per share)	$ 87.18	$ 65.65
Cost of shares repurchased	2,300,000,000	1,100,000,000
Share Repurchase Programs of 2012 and 2014 [Member]
Common Stock Programs
Share repurchase, remaining authorization limit	5,600,000,000
2010 - Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Common Stock Programs
Share repurchase authorization limit				2,000,000,000
2012 - Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Common Stock Programs
Share repurchase authorization limit					5,000,000,000
Number of shares repurchased (in shares)						62.1
Cost of shares repurchased						4,400,000,000
2014 - Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Common Stock Programs
Share repurchase authorization limit							$ 5,000,000,000