Tasteless gaffe
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The former Soviet foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, commited a fizzy faux pas yesterday in welcoming Coca-Cola to Georgia, AP reports from Tbilisi. At a ceremony opening the US-based cola maker's new bottling plant, the Georgian leader took a sip of Coke and declared: 'It's just like Pepsi Cola]'
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