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  • August 28: The Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), Dr. Eduardo Missoni, today completed his mission in Lebanon, launching the International Scout Solidarity project in support of the rebuilding and Peace process in Lebanon and in the Middle East region. World Scouting with its 28 Million members in 215 countries. Full Story
  • July 22: A Boy Scout who was inside his tent was bitten by a bear. The bear was killed when it returned to a Boy Scout campsite in Utah a short time later. Full Story
  • July 21: A Lebanese Scout, Fawzi Ali Jaffal (age 24), was killed when the ambulance he was driving was hit by a bomb. At least 9 other Scouts have been seriously injured. In addition the Arab Regional Jamboree to have been held in Lebanon in August has been postponed and moved to Egypt. Full Story
  • June 12: Secretary General of the WOSM, Dr. Eduardo Missoni joined leaders of the labour and sports worlds in symbolically waving a 'Red Card' against child labour to mark the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL). Full Story.
  • May 31: The U.S. Supreme Court rejects a lawsuit by an atheist who objected to the BSA recruiting at public schools. Full Story.
  • May 27: As an immediate response to the disaster, the Scouts Care Task Force of the Gerakan Pramuka National Headquarters, sent five scout leaders to Yogyakarta, one of the areas most affected by the earthquake. The Chairman of Gerakan Pramuka, Prof Azrul Azwar, the Vice Chairman, Scouts Care Task Force Chairman, Parni Hadi, and the Secretary General of Gerakan Pramuka, Joedyaningsih, give full support to the five scout leaders. An ambulance and doctor who is a Scout leader was also sent. Full Story.
  • May 17: Rhys Jones, a Network Scout from Hampshire today successfully reached the summit of Everest, the world highest mountain. In climbing Everest Rhys becomes the youngest ever person ever to climb all seven of the highest peaks on each of the worlds continents. Rhys completed the Everest climb on his 20th Birthday. Rhys reports, "Despite deep snow, the weather continues to be very good" which has enabled this to be the first successful summit from the south side of the mountain this season. Full Story.
  • May 11: Royal Mail has unveiled the six stamps that will mark the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross on 21 September and one of the featured recipients is Scout Jack Cornwell. Boy Seaman First Class Jack Cornwell was 16 when he died at the Battle of Jutland, remaining at his gun turret even though he was fatally wounded. He was a Scout and the Cornwell Scout Badge was introduced in his memory after his death 90 years ago.
  • May 5: Venerable Master Hsing Yun, of Taiwan, founder of the Fo Guang Shan temple, welcomed the participants of the 2nd World Scout Interreligious Symposium. 90 leaders from National Scout Organizations and Scout Religious Alliances (CPGS, DESMOS, ICCS, IFJS, IUMS, WBSB, Won Buddhism), from 15 countries, have come together near Kaoshiung, in Taiwan, to reinforce the value of Scouting as an institution promoting interreligious dialogue. Full Story.
  • April 16: Be sure to pay your Internet fees...Cub Scout Pack 216 and Boy Scout Troop 216 of Roanoke, VA learned this lesson. Pack 216's Internet address was bought by a pornography promoter and Troop 216's was bought by an advertiser when they didn't renew their domain name registrations. Full Story.
  • Feb 20: Scouts in Mexico City collected more than one million (1,155,670) cans and created the world’s biggest Scout emblem that is 1000m2 Full Story
  • Richmond, VA, USA, Jan 16, 2006: Scouts have launched an RSS news feed for Scouting-related news; Look here
  • Irving, TX, USA, Dec 30, 2005: The Support Our Scouts Act of 2005 was passed. This means youth organizations such as BSA, GSUSA, etc. can not be barred from using government property and if they do, they can lose HUD funding. Look here
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