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Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Hey, Americans can too find the U.S. on a map!

Miss Teen South Carolina flubbed her answer. But it was the question that did real damage.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Thursday, August 30, 2007 02:01 PM

    Indonesia

    Ahem, Indonesia is actually to the south*east* of Singapore. For the most part. Part of Sumatra lies west of Singapore, but the vast bulk of the archipelago (by population, land area, and number of islands) is to the southeast. Not to malign Manjoo's geographical knowledge or anything.

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