Qatar aims to have most of a 17 billion euro ($22.79 billion) rail project with Deutsche Bahn built by 2022, officials said recently after signing one of the biggest-ever foreign deals for German industry. The whole project - which includes freight and passenger trains and a metro - is expected to be completed in 2026. But a major portion of the work will be completed by 2022, when Qatar hopes to host the FIFA World Cup, officials said. Qatar also aims to build a connection to neighboring Saudi Arabia via a 40-kilometer causeway, one of the world's longest, to Bahrain, according to a report quoted to foreign agencies and published today by the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette. --MORE
