Expert to speak on ‘Doha Ivory Box’

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The weather in Qatar will be relatively hot with slight dust .

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The Peninsula / By MOHAMMED SAEED

DOHA: The proposed Qatar-Bahrain causeway will have a railway bridge as well. The rail bridge is a new addition to the mega Doha-Manama over-sea link project and that is why the venture’s implementation is being delayed, said Ali Al Abdullah, director of Planning at the Ministry of Muncipality and Urban Planning.

Edutech Middle East, a leading international learning solutions provider, and Qatar Independent Technical School (QITS) will jointly host the ‘3rd Qatar National Robot Olympiad’ (NRO) in Doha. A total of over 15 teams have signed up for the competition to be held on October 25, and will vie for a spot at the ‘World Robot Olympiad 2009’ in South Korea.

Prices of fish and vegetables have fallen significantly in the local market with the onset of winter. Prices of fish that had shot up to a record high due to a severe shortage in supply have dropped by about 50 per cent over the past four days, traders at the Central Fish Market said yesterday.

Sustainability lessons of the past can help put Qatar in the forefront of environmental designing according to an expert at the second Qatar Today Green Awards (QTGA), held recently.