CANBERRA Men's Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 White UK , Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Australians have surrendered 25,999 guns and weapons so far in the National Firearm Amnesty, a result which has been labelled a major success by Justice Minister Michael Keenan.
At a press conference in Melbourne on Friday, Keenan said he was delighted by Australia's response to the amnesty, which was introduced by the federal government on July 1, and urged Australians to make the most of the remaining three weeks to hand in unwanted and unregistered guns.
"This is a great result Men's Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 JP Black Grey UK , and shows Australians are serious about protecting themselves, their families, and their communities," Keenan said on Friday.
"There are now only three weeks remaining to hand in firearms under the Amnesty, and I encourage Australians to continue to take advantage of the Amnesty period to help remove unregistered firearms from the community.
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The amnesty period gives Australians the opportunity to legally dispose of any unwanted or unregistered firearms at approved drop-off points throughout each state and territory.
Keenan warned that any person found in possession of an unregistered firearm beyond the three-month reprieve period would be punished.
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Keenan said there had been several rare weapons given up by Australians throughout the past two months.
"Among the more unusual firearms handed in under the amnesty have been a Beaumont Adams revolver circa 1856, a WWI era Lee Enfield rifle and two WWII US M1 carbines," he said.
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PANAMA CITY, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Sunday that the Belt and Road Initiative has become a new focus for cooperation between China and Latin America.
Wang made the remarks at a joint press conference with Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado, Panama's vice president and foreign minister, following their meeting.
China has always attached great importance to the development of its relationships with Latin American and Caribbean countries from a long-term and strategic perspective, he said.
"We hold a firm belief that the development of China and the development of Latin America present opportunities for each other. We observe an explicit principle of sticking to equality and mutual benefits between China and Latin America and focusing on common development. We have adopted a general guideline which is to jointly build a community of shared future for China and Latin America," Wang said.
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Wang said Latin America lies in a key direction where the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road extends, and by constructing the Belt and Road together the two sides can see new opportunities to grow bilateral ties.
Wang also said Panama is a communication hub in the Western hemisphere with a well-developed financial sector, adding that it can become a joint that can facilitate the exchange of goods, funds and human resources between China and the region, and plays a special and key role in serving the Maritime Silk Road's extension into Latin America.
PHNOM PENH, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian police destroyed 25 Nike Flex 2018 RN UK ,325 marijuana plants in southern Takeo province during raids on Wednesday, the National Police website reported.
Police raided on 77 different locations in Kiri Vong district's Preah Bat Chonchum commune, along the Vietnamese border, and seized the cannabis, as the growers had escaped, said Yuk Saran Nike Odyssey React UK , police chief of Kiri Vong district.
"Some 25,325 cannabis plants in 77 locations were cut down and set on fire," he was quoted as saying by the National Police website.
In February, police also destroyed more than 40,000 marijuana plants in the same commune.
The crackdown was part of the six-month anti-illicit drug campaign that the Southeast Asian nation launched on January 1, 2017. According to government figures Nike Epic React UK , some 6,132 people were arrested in 2,677 drug-related cases during the first three months of the campaign.