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19 April 2013
BOSTON / RUSSIA/ CZECH REPUBLIC : 20 April UPDATE: Primer On Caucasus Region...Chechnya, Dagestan And Kyrgzstan; Prague Teaches Social Media...Geography.
After the revelation that the 2 brothers alleged to have bombed Boston's Marathon on Monday...killing 3 and injuring 176...were Russians...from the troubled Caucasus region...here is a thumbnail sketch about the region..and primarily the nations of Chechnya, Dagestan and Kyrgzstan.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2013/04/tsarnaev_brothers_chechnya_and_boston_bombing_a_primer_on_the_chechnya_kyrgyzstan.html
NEW!!! Prague gets concerned after some on social media confuse Chechnya...with the Czech Republic.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/20/uk-usa-explosions-boston-czech-idUKBRE93J0DO20130420
AND: HUMOR: Czechs on social media get involved by educating the dumb masses...with maps!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/emilyorley/czechs-who-want-americans-to-stop-confusing-them-with-che