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Jesus Barred From Drinking Coca-Cola
After the attorneys for soft-drink giant Coca-Cola got wind of their product being used in a new movie, the prospect of yet another silver screen product placement looked pretty good. Pretty good, that is, until they found out that Jesus was the one consuming the product.

Coke’s New Green Tea Drink, Enviga, Will Burn Calories
Next month Coke will start selling a new drink containing green tea, and it’s been proven to burn calories.

Thirsty India reviles Coca-Cola
Obtaining water is difficult enough for India's rural poor with bottlers like Coca-Cola draining the aquifers dry to produce commercial beverages.

The Real Thing: Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is one of the most recognisable brand names all over the world. But it has certainly come a long way from being a syrup sold by a pharmacist to something that is sold 7000 times every second in 195 countries.

I Dare You
Home Depot does it. Coca-Cola does it. Why aren't you doing it?

Take the Coca Out of Cola, Bolivian Farmers Say
Bolivian coca farmers want to reclaim the leaf as part of their country's cultural heritage by forcing the US drinks giant to change its brand name.

Kvas is It? Coca-cola Bids to Bottle the 'coke of Communism'
Coca-Cola, the ultimate symbol of western capitalism, is to start producing kvas, the Russian drink made from fermented bread which is sometimes called 'the Coke of Communism'.

Guilty Verdict in Coca-cola Trade Secrets Trial
A former Coca-Cola secretary was today convicted of conspiring to steal trade secrets from the world's largest drinks maker in an effort to sell them to rival Pepsi.

Guilty: Spy Who Tried to Sell Coke's Secrets
A trusted former secretary at Coca-Cola faces up to 10 years behind bars for plotting to cash in on one of the business world's fiercest rivalries by stealing vials of new cola products and offering them to arch competitor, Pepsi, for $1.5m (£800,000).

Digger
Theo Walcott is reportedly desperate for Arsenal to make it to the FA Cup final after Coca-Cola and Walkers agreed supplier deals with the new Wembley. By Paul Kelso

Ex-staff Halt Coca-cola Deliveries
More than 10,000 former employees of Coca-Cola's subsidiary in Venezuela have blockaded the firm's plants in a labour dispute, paralysing deliveries of the soft drink and raising the possibility of a wider campaign against multinationals.

High Sugar Sodas to Be Phased Out of Dallas Schools
An agreement was reached this past spring with Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Cadbury Schweppes to eliminate all non-diet soda and other sugary drinks from most public school vending machines, unless they have a nutritious value, such as juice and low-fat milk.

Has Coke Become the New Mcdonald's?
· Drinks firm hit by a hunger strike and college boycotts · Coca-Cola says it is a target because it is the top brand

India Bans Soft Drinks in Pesticides Row
Coca-Cola and Pepsi are being banned across several Indian states after an environmental pressure group said it had found pesticides in drinks produced by the Indian arms of the companies.

Coke 'drinks India Dry'
Critics claim beverage giant's bottling plants are interfering with irrigation in drought-ridden regions

Colombia's Indians Bank on Coca Drink Becoming the Real Thing
Forget Coca-Cola, a group of Colombian Indians is telling its community, and drink coca instead.

Shopkeeper Took on Coke - and Won
· Accusation of bullying tactics ends in record fines · Multinational appeals against Mexican rulings

Cola Wars As Coke Moves on Baghdad
Coca-Cola has returned to Iraq after an absence of nearly four decades, triggering a cola war in a lucrative but potentially hostile market.

'If a Husband and Wife Argue, the Dinner Gets Burnt'
"We share the same universal values of democracy and liberty. But the relationship has always been difficult. I'm not anti-American, but I appreciate more what's good about Europe now; I prefer Bordeaux to Coca-Cola."

Things Grow Better With Coke
Indian farmers have come up with what they think is the real thing to keep crops free of bugs. Instead of paying hefty fees to international chemical companies for patented pesticides, they are reportedly spraying their cotton and chilli fields with Coca-Cola.

Soft-drink Giants Accused Over Pesticides
Coke and Pepsi residues posed health risk, say Indian MPs. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo sold soft drinks containing pesticides harmful to human health and misled India's 1 billion people over claims that their products were safe for human consumption, Indian MPs concluded yesterday.

Coca-Cola Plant Must Stop Draining Water
Indian bottling factory may be forced to close after judge orders ban to protect village's supply.

Coke on Trial in India
The mighty Coca Cola corporation of America has given evidence to a small village council in southern India in an attempt to keep open a huge bottling factory which is threatened with closure following allegations that it is sucking the community dry.

Brewers Go Head to Head in Battle for Muslim Markets
Forget Pepsi versus Coca-Cola. The next big battle of the beverages is brewing between European lager giants in the most unlikely of markets. Global ale empires have embarked upon a scramble to tempt Muslims. Carlsberg and Heineken are smashing through brewing's final frontier and taking...

India Orders an Inquiry Into 'toxic Soft Drinks' Claim
The Indian government has ordered in investigation into why an analysis of 12 brands of cold drinks owned and marketed by Coca-Cola and Pepsi allegedly found that they contained on average more than 30 times the EU legal limit for pesticides. The allegations are bound to seriously damage...

Coca-Cola in India Accused of Leaving Farms Parched and Land Poisoned
The largest Coca-Cola plant in India is being accused of putting thousands of farmers out of work by draining the water that feeds their wells, and poisoning the land with waste sludge that the company claims is fertiliser. The plant in the southern state of Kerala is designed to satisfy...

Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants
Trade unions around the world have launched a boycott of Coca-Cola products, alleging that the company's locally owned bottlers in Colombia used illegal paramilitary groups to intimidate, threaten and kill its workers.

Prosecutors Start Coca-cola Inquiry
US federal prosecutors have begun an investigation into fraud allegations at Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft drinks company. In a brief statement, the Atlanta-based firm said an inquiry had been launched by the US attorney's office for the northern district of Georgia. It stems from...

Coca-Cola investigates fraud claims
Coca-Cola is investigating a series of allegations by a former internal auditor that the company routinely engaged in fraudulent behaviour to inflate its revenues by millions of dollars. The ex-employee, Matthew Whitley, made the claims in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit.

Coca-Cola looks to WPP for US campaign
Coca-Cola has handed its flagship Coke Classic advertising account in the US to the WPP-owned agency Berlin Cameron/Red Cell, giving a huge boost to Sir Martin Sorrell's fledgling agency network.

Is it the real thing?
To some cola is cola, a sweet and mildly refreshing drink you can order in a pub if you're not drinking - and after the third glass complain at how there's never anything but Coke for non-drinkers - or the perfect accompaniment to a cheese-laden pizza delivery. Others just see it as a manifestation of raging US imperialism.

Think Muslim, drink Muslim, says new rival to Coke
It is packaged in the lurid red and white of the Stars and Stripes and the logo mimics that famous swirl, but there is something different about this brand of cola.

General: A new spin on an old favorite
Everybody loves Coca Cola's Santa cans, right? Well, the Athletic Supporter has a few ideas that could make these time honored cans even better.

African Aids Activists Target Coke
Aids activists in Africa have targeted Coca-Cola for the launch of a campaign to demand that multinational firms supply their HIV-positive workers and families with anti-retroviral drugs. The newly formed Pan-African HIV/Aids Treatment Access Movement, headed by leading South African...

Corporate America began to believe the only way was up. Then the rally lost its fizz
A rally on Wall Street, inspired by upbeat results from blue-chip names such as Coca-Cola, was only partly successful yesterday as the Dow endured another volatile session.

Coca-Cola Launches Vanilla Flavoured Soft Drink
Marketing chiefs at Coca-Cola's head office in Atlanta are said to be working on a vanilla-flavoured version of its core soft drink, described as the biggest innovation in the world's most valuable brand in almost 20 years. The plans are the first fruits of an attempt to put some fizz...

Coca-Cola Brings Pin Trading from the Olympic Winter Games to Your Living Room
Known as the most popular spectator sport of the Olympic Games, pin trading has become an enjoyable way for people to meet others from around the world.