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Whatever Happened to ‘The Clinton Avenue Five’?
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On August 20, 1978, five teenagers were playing basketball in Newark, New Jersey.
After their game, witnesses saw them getting on a pickup truck on Newark’s Clinton Avenue, according to wnbc.com.
They have not been seen again.
The five teenagers have become known as “The Clinton Avenue Five”.
Thirty years later, detectives are still trying to find out what happened to them.
witness: a person who is present and sees an event happening.
pickup truck: a small truck which is open at the back and used for deliveries.
The Iron Curtain May Become Protected Land
The Iron Curtain May Become Protected Land
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According to a report in Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine, the land once known as “the Iron Curtain” may be protected.
The Iron Curtain was a term used to describe the border between Eastern and Western Europe from 1945 to 1990.
In Germany, the Iron Curtain stretched 1,400 kilometers and was covered in wire and mines.
Although this land was uninhabitable for humans, it was a good place for wildlife –including black storks, otters and bats — to exist
Now the governments of 16 states in Germany may decide to protect this area by not allowing the development of roads and buildings in it.
uninhabitable: not fit for life.
The World’s Top Chefs Are in Tokyo
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Paris and New York have long had a reputation for being the home of some of the best restaurants in the world.
However, it is Tokyo which has received the most Michelin stars. Tokyo restaurants were given 191 stars. Paris and New York received 98 and 49, respectively.
Michelin gives out very few stars, and only the best restaurants are able to get one.
