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BRITAIN

Veteran BBC presenter arrested in sex case

Veteran BBC TV and radio presenter Paul Gambaccini was arrested on suspicion of sexual offenses, the broadcaster said Friday.

Gambaccini, 64, has worked at the BBC for four decades and is one of Britain's best-known music presenters. The BBC said he was held at his home and was questioned in police custody Tuesday. He was released on bail later that day.

Gambaccini's spokesman said the presenter denies the allegations.

Police didn't confirm the report, saying only that two men, ages 64 and 74, were arrested Tuesday as part of an operation probing historical sexual abuse. The investigation was triggered by the abuse scandal surrounding late BBC broadcaster Jimmy Savile, and has so far arrested more than a dozen people.

Police in Britain don't name suspects until they are charged.

The BBC said Gambaccini wouldn't be presenting his weekly radio show Saturday and would stay off-air in the next few weeks.

- AP

GREECE

Golden Dawn members slain

A drive-by shooting killed two members of Greece's Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party and wounded one outside a party office in Athens on Friday night. The two victims, ages 22 and 27, were shot at close range from a motorcycle, Golden Dawn lawmaker Georgios Germenis said.

- AP

NETHERLANDS

Peacekeepers for Mali

The Dutch government is sending 368 troops to join a U.N. peacekeeping force to the West African nation of Mali. Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said northern Mali "has become a breeding ground for extremism and a sanctuary for terrorist training." - AP

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

Train crash injures 45

Authorities said Friday that a train slammed into another one at a busy intersection in Sarajevo, injuring about 45 people. Witnesses said the crash was so intense it knocked out the handles that people were holding on to. - AP