 | Italian food fest opens in Doha THE much-awaited Italian food
festival opened at the Millennium
Hotel recently. Renowned Italian
Chef Manaolo Mosconi — who is
taking part in the 10-day fest —
will prepare some of the best
Italian delicacies which will be a
delight for the city´s food lovers.
The festival ...
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| | High school students show
skills at robotics tourney |  OVER 50 high school students
from 29 regional
schools showcased their programming
skills at a two-day
botball educational robotics
programme workshop at the
Carnegie Mellon University
Qatar (CMUQ) recently.
Qatar Shell once again partnered
with the university to
sponsor the Botball 2012 programme.
The annual competition
introduces secondary school
students, who have had no
previous exposure to programming
language, to the
world of robotics, equiping
them with the necessary skills
and experience to independently
design, build and programme
autonomous robots.
"In two days, the participants
were able to command
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| | Stenden varsity students
raise funds for charity |  STENDEN University students
(grouped as Bliss
Events Agency) organised a
charity event as part of their
events management course
recently.
The purpose of the event
which was called ´Mystery
Masquerade Ball´ was to
showcase events that are popular
abroad but have not yet
made their way to Qatar.
The students took the initiative
to plan the event so
that the outcome would
inspire people and enhance
others to be innovative and go
for unconventional ideas.
The party was centred on a
game where the hosts showed
a short movie of a fake murder
to the audience, then provided
each table with a set of
clues to direct them to the
murderer and asked ... |
| | Falcon fest concludes |
 FALCON lovers defied the
dusty weather to attend the
closing events of the Third
Qatar International Festival
for Hunting and Falcons on
Thursday.
The function was attended
by His Excellency Sheikh
Joaan bin Hamad al Thani.
The contestants competed
in the final rounds of the various
competitions in the Da´o,
Taleh, Mzayen, Hudud and
Salooqi categories.
At the end of the three-week
long festival, HE Sheikh
Joaan distributed awards to
the winners of various competitions.
The audience was thrilled as
the winner of Mzayen, Ahmad
Khalaf al Mansouri, received a
cash prize of QR500,000.
Mohammed Sultan al Utaibi came second while Tammem Thaher ... |
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