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The Czech Republic's [ambassadors / ambassador] to the United States has made it very [clear / opaque] that his country is not Chechnya. He was [alarmed / alarming] that many U.S. social media users were [leaving / left] messages on Twitter and Facebook to [post / say] that the Boston Marathon bombers were from the Czech Republic. Many of the posts called for America to [get / let] revenge [on / to] the Czech Republic. The ambassador, Petr Gandalovič, put a statement on the Czech embassy website to educate people about the [different / difference] between his country and Chechnya. It read: "The Czech Republic and Chechnya are two very [different / difference] entities - the Czech Republic is a Central European country; Chechnya is a part [of / for] the Russian Federation."

The Czech president [remained / reminded] Americans that his country is a U.S. [ally / tally] . He said: "The Czech Republic is an active and [reliance / reliable] partner of the U.S. in the fight against terrorism. We…stand side [by / at] side with our allies." In [another / other] Internet mix-up, social media users played online "detectives" and [revealed / reveals] the name of an [innocence / innocent] man they believed was the [main / pain] suspect in the bombings. One poster said: "I'd like to extend the [deeply / deepest] apologies to the family of the wrongly accused for any part we may have had in relaying… faulty information." Meanwhile, an expert American interrogation team is waiting to question the [really / real] suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is in serious but stable condition in hospital.

 


 
 

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