In IE* clicking on geomap region gives javascript error

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What steps will reproduce the problem? Please provide a link to a
demonstration page if at all possible, or attach code.
1. In IE8 go to 
http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/geomap.html
#Example
2. Click on any region on the map a javascript error is displayed in 
status bar. The error is as follows

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Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; 
Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 
3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30618)
Timestamp: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:41:47 UTC


Message: Expected ';'
Line: 1
Char: 43
Code: 0
URI: 
http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/geomap.html


Message: Expected ';'
Line: 1
Char: 43
Code: 0
URI: 
http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/geomap.html

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What component is this issue related to (PieChart, LineChart, DataTable,
Query, etc)?
Geomap


Are you using the test environment (version 1.1)?
(If you are not sure, answer NO)
NO

What operating system and browser are you using?
Vista



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Original issue reported on code.google.com by khurshidali on 2009-08-25 18:42:26

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We were unable to reproduce this in IE8. Please try again and let us know if you
still experience this issue.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by buggybug0 on 2009-09-07 16:21:40