It is a useful feature in poor countries where the diet might otherwise be unbearably bland and stodgy.

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In addition to the white cans, other Coca-Cola products will feature white bottle caps including bottles of Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Nestea and Minute Maid products.

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Second, the LDP can block much of Mr Noda's legislative platform because of a debilitating feature of Japanese politics: the power of the upper house of the Diet (parliament).

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