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Evolving to Scout out a bright future

News Focus: The Scouting movement has more than kept up with the times, as 28 million people were estimated to have celebrated the organisation's 100th anniversary yesterday.

DAMIEN HENDERSON AND CAROLYN CHURCHILL When they gathered around the world at sunrise and renewed vows to "do their best", the spirit of Robert Baden-Powell, the charismatic founder of the Scouts, was not far away.