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GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief Kvitova lifts Wimbledon crown Qatar is ‘perfect REGION | Healing rift s Bahrain opens talks on reconciliation Talks between Bahrain’s opposition and pro-government groups began for Model Arab yesterday, aimed at healing deep rifts opened when the state’s Sunni rulers crushed protests led by the majority Shia earlier this year. The opposition has expressed doubts about whether the national dialogue, decreed by League project’ King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifah, can accomplish anything, noting that A US-based educational for students from Qatar, who will be it only has 35 of the 300 seats at organisation hopes to launch able to travel to the US and work in a the bargaining table. Khalifah bin successful and meaningful variety of institutions. Ahmed al-Dhahrani, chairman of initiatives in Qatar Greenlee explained that the coun- the dialogue and also a speaker cil currently runs an internship pro- of parliament, told the forum: “We By Peter Townson gramme, with 35 students in Wash- start without conditions or limits, Staff Reporter ington DC coming from all over the our only condition is accepting one world. This year’s batch features one another.” Page 9 student from a Qatari university, but atar’s commitment to educa- Greenlee said that she would like to tion and free thought has en- see more in the future. She envi- ARAB WORLD | Politics Qcouraged the National Council sions a unique programme for locally Hezbollah rules out for US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) to based students to visit the US and take identify it as a major partner for de- Amy Greenlee hopes to introduce part in something similar to the cur- arrests in Hariri case velopment in the region, according to programmes in Qatar by next year. rent 10-week programme, and she Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah a senior council offi cial, who explained hopes that this can be launched by the yesterday ruled out the arrest of that the organisation was hoping to the Model Arab League, similar to spring of 2012. four members of his militant group implement several programmes spe- the Model United Nations, which en- To help “lay the groundwork” indicted by a UN court for the 2005 cifi c to the country. courages high school and university for the introduction of these pro- assassination of Lebanese former The council is a not-for-profi t, students to learn about various Arab grammes, Greenlee has consulted a premier Rafiq Hariri. In his first non-governmental educational or- countries and participate in school- number of local authorities to gain reaction to charges filed by the ganisation, based in the United States. wide and then nationwide events. their support and advice as to how to Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), NCUSAR runs a number of pro- In the US, some 2,100 students par- launch successful and meaningful ini- Nasrallah rejected the verdict grammes in the US, designed to educate ticipate in 14 conferences in 11 states, tiatives here. along with “each and every void young people about the Arab world, and providing children who may not have And she explained that their re- accusation” by the Netherlands- to eradicate many of the misconcep- even left their home state the oppor- sponse, the initial inspiration from based court, which he said was tions that exist about this part of the tunity to learn about various coun- Qatar’s leadership and the emphasis on heading for a trial in absentia. world, its people, culture and religion. tries in the Arab world. education and unlocking human po- “We reject the Special Tribunal The council’s vice president, Amy Greenlee explained that she would tential meant that “Qatar is the perfect for Lebanon along with each and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic with the championship trophy following her Greenlee, spoke to Gulf Times during like to see something similar intro- place to start a Model Arab League.” every void accusation it issues, victory over Maria Sharapova of Russia in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon her most recent visit to Qatar, where duced in Qatar, and hopes to see the Greenlee also identifi ed HH which to us is equivalent to an in London yesterday. Kvitova stunned favourite Sharapova to win her first Grand she had been meeting with various of- initiative up and running by the be- Sheikha Moza bint Nasser as a great attack on Hezbollah,” Nasrallah Slam title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in the women’s singles final. The 21-year-old eighth fi cials to lay the groundwork for future ginning of 2012. inspiration, and a major fi gure for the said in an hour-long televised seed became only the third Czech woman to triumph at Wimbledon after nine-time initiatives here. The NCUSAR is also attempting to development of US-Arab relations in speech. champion Martina Navratilova and Jana Novotna. Page 44 The council’s fl agship project is introduce an internship programme the future.