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Robin Lustig | 12:16 UK time, Thursday, 12 March 2009

You may feel like a little light relief. If so, I hope you'll enjoy this item about why Georgia has run into trouble with the organisers of the .

Would you see anything wrong with a song called "We Don't Wanna Put In"? (Clue: The contest is being staged in Moscow this year, and the name of the Russian prime minister is ... ?)

UPDATE: Since this item was broadcast, Georgia has announced that it is withdrawing from this year's contest.

(broadcast on The World Tonight, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, 10 March 2009)














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