LONDON - Police investigating alleged sexual abuse of young girls by the former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile said they were pursuing over 400 lines of inquiry involving some 300 victims. "It's quite staggering," said inquiry leader, Commander Peter Spindler. He said all bar two of the potential victims were women and the vast majority of alleged offences involved Savile, who died last year. Police had spoken to 130 victims to date and recorded 114 reports of sexual assault or serious sexual assault, mostly against Savile. Reuters
KABUL - British troops killed two of their own soldiers in a 'friendly fire' incident in Afghanistan while two American soldiers were shot dead by an Afghan ally, Afghan and international military sources said. A Helmand police spokesman said the British deaths were due to a mistaken belief by a British patrol that they were under fire from insurgents - while the shooting actually came from a second British patrol. AFP
