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SEOUL: American and British scouts pulled out of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea on Saturday, citing scorching temperatures, as organizers weighed whether to cut short an event that was also reportedly plagued by dire campsite conditions.
About 43,000 people joined the jamboree in western North Jeolla province, but an extreme heat wave has seen hundreds of scouts fall ill, forcing Seoul to deploy military doctors and vow an all-out effort to salvage the event.
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