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hree adults and two juveniles were arrested this week after they allegedly terrorized a Wayne County Jewish camp for boys and teenagers, WNEP TV News reported. The five were charged with menacing children at Camp Bonim on three separate occasions. Police made arrests after a separate incident in which one of the suspects, while off camp grounds, hit a camp counselor with his truck and was subsequently stopped by authorities in New York state. According to the report Wednesday, the attacks occurred during the early morning hours. The accused allegedly entered the camp grounds in a white pickup truck, chased...

The Foreign Minister was met with claims that Norway must recognize a Palestinian state when he visited the Labour Youth League summer camp Thursday. During the second day of Labour Youth League summer camp at Utøya got the Labour Party’s young hopefuls visit by Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store. Together with Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent Sidsel Wold and Norwegian People’s Aid Kirsten Belck-Olsen, the Foreign Minister discussed of the deadlock between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. As the foreign minister arrived Utøya he was met with a demand from the AUF that Norway must recognize a Palestinian state. The Palestinians...

An eyewitness tells Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he saw 20 to 25 bodies at the youth camp where a gunman dressed in a police uniform opened fire. Andre Scheie says he saw bodies on the shore of the Utoya island where the youth wing of the Labor Party was holding a summer camp for hundreds of youths. Scheie said Friday: "There are very many dead by the shore ... there are about 20-25 dead." He also said he saw dead people in the water.

Jacob’s Well Youth Camp in Haiti First of Its Kind KERRVILLE, TX- This summer, Laity Lodge Youth Camp (LLYC) will reach the largest number of campers in its 44-year history! Of the 1700 total campers anticipated this summer, 400 campers will hear the message of Jesus in their own French Creole language 1,788 miles away at Jacob’s Well Youth Camp near Limbe, Haiti, from July 4-10, 2010. Through a program named Outbound Haiti, this will be the first time LLYC is venturing beyond the borders of the United States to share the great news about God’s extravagant love for each...

Groups participating in the 12th session of the Arab Nationalist Youth Camp in Sidon on Friday were named after Palestinian cities and camps that were violently assaulted by Israel. The camp’s activities were inaugurated Friday at Sidon Vocational School in a ceremony held under the patronage of President Emile Lahoud, represented by Education Minister Abdel-Rahim Mrad. Mrad called for creating an Arab resistance front to face Israel with Arab youth at its core. The Palestinian cause prevails this session as an Arab cause of main concern to the youth. Of the 12 Arab delegations participating in the camp, to be...