BEIRUT nike air max 2017 blanche homme soldes , July 18 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese authorities are searching for five Czechs and their Lebanese driver who have been kidnapped in the eastern Bekaa Valley region, the National News Agency (NNA) said Saturday.
The five, along with their Lebanese driver have been missing since Friday night, when their car a Kia was discovered in the Kefraya region in the western part of the Bekaa, the NNA report said.
The authorities believe that the kidnapping is triggered by the arrest of a Lebanese citizen in the Czech Republic.
It added that suitcases, scattered clothes nike air max 2017 blanche homme , three cameras and five Czech passports were found inside the car.
The NNA said that the 50-year-old driver, Munir Taan, who was from the southern city of Nabatieh, works as a taxi driver at Rafic Hariri Beirut International airport.
It added that the five Czechs, all of who are journalists, have entered Lebanon on May 1st and then reentered the country on June 7th.
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Lenovo, for a while now the world's No 1 PC producer by shipments, has made significant progress with its smartphone business this year. Eastern Europe is a key target in its global expansion and related diversification plans. In the longer term, Lenovo's management has also made it clear that it regards Eastern Europe as a springboard into Western European markets.
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This summer, for example, Huawei announced further European expansion with plans to double its research and development team here within the next three years. This will take the total research and development staff number across Europe to just under 2,000 over the next three years. Recent announcements also include plans by Huawei to increase total staff based in Europe to just under 6 nike air max 2017 rouge homme soldes ,000 over the next five years.
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Such change represents extremely welcome news for European firms keen to do business with this new wave of modern, high-tech Chinese corporations.
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