Qatari emir cancels speech in Gaza stadium
By IBRAHIM BARZAKBy IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press?
?Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)
Qatar's First Lady Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned attends a welcome ceremony upon her arrival at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since Islamist Hamas militants seized control there in 2007.(AP Photo/ Mohammed Abed, Pool)
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, his wife Qatar's First Lady Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, center, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, attend a the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)
A Palestinian waves a Qatari flag as he and others wait on Gaza's main road for the convoy of the Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani to arrive in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ? The emir of Qatar has called off a planned address to the Palestinians in Gaza City's main soccer stadium.
Hamas officials at the stadium announced the cancellation and ordered hundreds of people who gathered there on Tuesday to go home.
The address had been the centerpiece of the emir's landmark visit to Gaza.
Hamas cited the emir's tight schedule in announcing the change. But the stadium was only about one-fifth full around the time of the cancellation.
The emir planned an address to a much smaller crowd at a Gaza university instead.
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