S. Korea presses on with World Scout Jamboree as heat forces thousands to leave early

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By Attendees of the World Scout Jamboree cool off with water at a scout camping site in Buan, South Korea, on Friday. Kim-yeol/APSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is plowing ahead with the World Scout Jamboree, rejecting a call by the world scouting body to cut the event short as a punishing heat wave caused thousands of British scouts to begin leaving the coastal campsite Saturday. At least 108 participants were treated for similar ailments following Wednesday's opening ceremony

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