A top East German sports journalist has...
A top East German sports journalist has defected to the West by ferry after covering a track meet in Malmo, Sweden. Joerg Kotterba, 39, wrote for the daily Berlin Zeitung and edited the weekly Der Leichtathlet (The Athlete).
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