
| Sweden’s Development Minister joins children of Gaza in UNRWA’s Summer Games


| 20 June 2011
 Today in Gaza, Sweden’s Minister for International Development Co-operation took part, quite literally, in the fifth Summer Games organised by the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA. |

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| With an Olympic torch, Gaza Summer Games kick off for fifth year


| 16 June 2011
 This year's Gaza Summer Games have officially opened with an Olympic-style torch relay through the Strip, followed by a jubilant ceremony in Gaza City where the young runners lit the main flame. |

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| UNRWA stages first Gaza Marathon


| 05 May 2011
 More than 1,400 Palestinians were up before dawn on Thursday to take part in the first-ever UNRWA Gaza Marathon, which runs the entire length of the coastal enclave. |

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| UN to stage marathon

| 10 April 2011
 The Gaza Strip will next month host its first-ever marathon, a 42-kilometre test of endurance in which entrants will run the entire length of the narrow coastal enclave. |

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| John Ging to open “Summer Games in Gaza” photo exhibition in New York


| 25 November 2010
 On 29 November, UNRWA will inaugurate a photo exhibition on Gaza’s Summer Games at the UN Headquarters, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. |

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| UNRWA chief presents UN Secretary-General with world record certificates


| 09 November 2010
 UNRWA Commissioner-General, Filippo Grandi, has presented UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, with two Guinness Book of World Record certificates, won by the children of Gaza. |

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| “Let Kids Be Kids”


| 10 August 2010
 This week thousands of kids in Gaza romped into the Guinness Book of Records for the third time. Some seven thousand children simultaneously flew kites on a beach in northern Gaza, more than doubling the previous record they themselves set a year ago. |

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| Gaza children set for second world record in just a week


| 29 July 2010
 Thousands of children in Gaza attending Summer Games organized by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) appear to have doubled their own world record for the number of kites flown simultaneously. |

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| Reaching for the sky: Gaza children attempt a second world record in just one week


| 28 July 2010
 Fresh from their basketball record last week, this Thursday 29 July, thousands of children in Gaza attending UNRWA’s Summer Games will attempt to smash their own world record for the number of kites flown simultaneously. |

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| Video: Where the hell is Matt? Matt is in Gaza with UNRWA


| 26 July 2010
 Celebrity YouTube film maker Matt Harding, whose film “Where the Hell is Matt?” secured over 30 million internet hits, has made a flying visit to Gaza as a guest of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). |

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