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Boy scouts aspire to do at least one good deed every day but few can match the claim of 15-year-old Mohamed Jaisham. He saved the life of his country’s President.

When a knifeman emerged from the crowd and lunged at Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of the Maldives, the teenager wrestled him to the ground and seized the blade.

The attacker had wrapped a kitchen knife in the national flag of the Maldives and launched his attack as President Gayoom greeted supporters at the opening of a renewable energy project.

However, Mohamed, wearing the characteristic green Scout uniform with scarf and woggle, lived up to the Scout motto of “Be Prepared”. He stepped between the knifeman and President Gayoom, suffering an injury to his hand in the ensuing scuffle. The President was unharmed, although the knife ripped his shirt.

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After saving the life of a president and automatically become the social stud of his school one would think he could smile for a picture.

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February 15-17, 2008
Located at the Clarion Hotel in Springfield, Missouri

Mission Statement:

Cultivate learning opportunities to develop and refine Christian clowning skills.

Encourage high ethical , professional, and Christian clown standards.

Promote clowning as a ministry to bring joy and the love of Jesus to others.

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The Rev. Sam Duree could be enjoying his golden years in an easy chair.

Instead, the retired United Methodist pastor came up with an idea that took wing: building birdhouses to support a Moscow seminary.

“I build about 35 different kinds,” says Duree, 77. “I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t go back to sleep, so I design birdhouses.”

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