Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	Jun. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Carrying Value [Member]
Assets
Institutional money market investments	$ 311,262	$ 277,424
Forward exchange contracts	12,271	32,392
Interest rate swap	6,444	8,609
Total Assets	329,977	318,425
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts	14,291	21,265
Long-term debt	2,484,953	1,495,357
Total Liabilities	2,499,244	1,516,622
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Assets
Institutional money market investments	311,262	277,424
Forward exchange contracts	0	0
Interest rate swap	0	0
Total Assets	311,262	277,424
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts	0	0
Long-term debt	0	0
Total Liabilities	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Assets
Institutional money market investments	0	0
Forward exchange contracts	12,271	32,392
Interest rate swap	6,444	8,609
Total Assets	18,715	41,001
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts	14,291	21,265
Long-term debt	2,628,673	1,790,137
Total Liabilities	2,642,964	1,811,402
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
Assets
Institutional money market investments	0	0
Forward exchange contracts	0	0
Interest rate swap	0	0
Total Assets	0	0
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts	0	0
Long-term debt	0	0
Total Liabilities	$ 0	$ 0

- Definition

This element represents the portion of the balance sheet assertion valued at fair value by the entity whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. This item includes currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. It also includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits in that the Company may deposit additional funds at any time and also effectively may withdraw funds at any time without prior notice or penalty. Cash equivalents, excluding items classified as marketable securities, include short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash, and so near their maturity that they present minimal risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments with original maturities of three months or less qualify under that definition. Original maturity means original maturity to the entity holding the investment. For example, both a three-month US Treasury bill and a three-year Treasury note purchased three months from maturity qualify as cash equivalents. However, a Treasury note purchased three years ago does not become a cash equivalent when its remaining maturity is three months.

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