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Gaza marathon cancelled Mar 5th 2013, 11:38 Hamas veto participation of women. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21667883 Quote: The UN agency which organises Gaza's marathon has cancelled the event, blaming the refusal of the territory's governing Islamist Hamas movement to allow women to run. The marathon was scheduled for Sunday and would have been Gaza's third. Hamas said the marathon could go ahead if "local traditions" were respected... ...The UN Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) said in a statement that it had taken "the disappointing decision" after "discussions with the authorities in Gaza who have insisted that no women should participate"... ..."We regret this decision to cancel the marathon but we don't want men and women running together," Abdessalam Siyyam, cabinet secretary of the Hamas government, told AFP news agency. "We did not tell Unrwa to cancel the marathon and we haven't prevented it, but we laid down some conditions: We don't want women and men mixing in the same place," he added... ...In previous years, Hamas has supported the race and provided security

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