Updated Dec 13, 2009, 4:15 pm
David Wroe
/Special to GlobalPost
One cold day in November 1973, Sabine Masing climbed into the trunk of a car with her father and sister along a lonely stretch of autobahn in communist East Germany. Her mother had arranged the escape attempt while on a week-long travel permit to West Berlin, where she was now waiting anxiously.
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Posted Aug 17, 2009, 9:37 am
Kimberly Johnson
/GlobalPost
Incremental security gains that U.S. Marines are making in Afghanistan's Helmand province are proving to be a model for successful counterinsurgency, said Gen. Stanley McChrystal.... Read more»