Review [Issue 12] [News] The Tanker's Post: Second Edition

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Your one stop to knowing the events all around the world

Second Edition: June 2013

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Cleveland Kidnappings Ends with Women Released

Three women who were kidnapped for ten years in Cleveland, Ohio and on May 7th, 911 emergency services received a call from a victim named Amanda Berry, aged 27.

On the call, she stated, "I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years. And I'm here, I'm free now." She later reunited with her family the next day.

Berry was praised as a hero by the FBI and the local police. Two other women, Georgina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, were released from captivity and returned home to their families.

Three men are imprisoned for the kidnappings, including Ariel Castro, Pedro Castro, and Onil Castro, all brothers. The neighbourhood in which they inhabited had no suspicion as to what the men were holding captive in their house and the situation inside their house. There was nothing out of the ordinary.
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Oklahoma Tornado Devastates City

A mile wide tornado touched down across Oklahoma City and part of its Suburbs on the 20th of May.

The area where the tornado touched down was crushed after the event. In the event 2 schools were destroyed and the death rate was at least 100 dead, many of which were children. Hospitals reported to have over 150 injuries caused by this tornado and over 70 were children as well.

Reports say that numerous neighbourhoods were levelled to the ground and there were many communites that just did not exist anymore after the tornado passed through. Debris was everywhere.

A woman quotes, "My neighbourhood is gone. It's flattened. Demolished. The street is gone. The next block over, it's in pieces."



*For aid and rebuild, you can support them by donating at www.SalvationArmyPhiladelphia.org*

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Chinese Newborn Freed from Sewer Pipe

Saturday afternoon in the Zhejiang Province of China, a pregnant women who couldn't afford an abortion delivered the baby while in the toilet of her rented room. Although she was meant to catch the baby before he fell into the toilet, but he slipped and fell straight into the sewer line. She alerted the landlord (the one that rent her the room) in an attempt to try and get the baby out.

Firefighters were called when the landlord had failed to free the baby from the pipe. The baby was discovered to be stuck in the L joint of the sewage pipe just below a typical squat toilet. The baby was taken to the hospital while still stuck in the pipe with the pipe cut from the toilet. At the hospital, workers used saws and pliers to free the baby from the pipe. After numerous attempts, the baby was freed from the pipe without being harmed in the process.

The baby, weighing 6 pounds, had a low heart rate and suffered only minor abrasions on his head and limbs. At the hospital, they discovered that the Placenta, an organ that connects the fetus to the uterine wall for the baby to get nutrients and gas exchange inside the mother's body through blood supply, was still attached. Fortunately, the baby was mainly unharmed.

Local police is in the process of an investigation and criminal charges may or may not be held against the mother. The mother, who was reported to be with the baby the entire journey, said that she 'wanted to raise the child but had no idea on how to do it.'



Sports
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NBA Finals Approaching Quickly

NBA conference finals are almost finished. With another exciting playoffs this year, the teams in the Eastern finals are the Heat and the Pacers, while on the other side, we have the Spurs and the Grizzlies.

With an easy match-up for the Spurs, they move onto the finals after a 4 game winning streak, sweeping the Grizzlies without losing a single game. With Miami and Indiana, both teams are tied at 2 - 2 and another two or three matches still have to be played in order to determine the team representing the Eastern Conference in the finals. Stay tuned to www.nba.com/playoffs for more information!


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Stanley Cup Playoffs


The 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs started April 30th and a month later, we're left with the teams going into the Conference Finals!

Representing the Eastern Conference, Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins play their conference finals, while Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Blackhawks play theirs!

This year, a great surprise was that the Toronto Maple Leafs had made the playoffs. The Leafs had not made it to the playoffs since 2004, and this year, through acquiring younger players, they were able to slip into the playoffs ranked 5th in the conference. Their playoffs effort was remarkable, even though losing their tie breaker match to the Bruins in the first round, by a goal. They were leading by three goals.

There was great disappointment within the Leafs fans, even though the Leafs have proven to have tried their best. During overtime, both teams were tied and Boston scored the one goal to put them in the lead before the Leafs. Many Leafs fans considered the fact that the Toronto team had used too much energy in the beginning of the game, and were worn out when the third period came. By the time Overtime happened, the Bruins outplayed the tired Leafs.

For more sports news, visit the Looking Back: Sports in May.
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Image Courtesy of News.Sky.com
Quotes Courtesy of thestar.com and nytimes.com

[austinmyles 114]

nice nice nice I told u I would be first :P I really liked the info didn't know a baby got stuck in a pipe xD

[unholycloak5 1,814]

News... Good job, lok. :D

Edited May 31, 2013 by r_SwagBoy110

[Raphael2 3,263]

Poor baby..

[skitee 555]

Your one stop to knowing the events all around the world

*America.

 

Well written article, pity that pretty much the entire news was American. :? Terrorist attack in Britain? Election in Malaysia? War in Syria? Wages for MPs in Kenya? Bombings in Turkey? Bombings in Afghanistan?

[SilverCenturion 0]

Poor baby..

I know right :(

[jokjinari 160]

Good article! If you play Tanki a lot, you don't really get to see what's going on in the world. You could have given a bit more information on things--for example: you didn't say what sport the Stanley Cup Playoffs are for? I have no idea. Other than that it was pretty good.