WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a "scourge" on Saturday as he addressed graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point, where a sergeant stands accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers.
HELSINKI (AFP) - Two members of the Pussy Riot punk rock group who were due to appear at a festival in Finland on Saturday cancelled their appearance and have gone underground for safety reasons, Finnish media reported.
LONDON (AP) - British police say a zookeeper who was injured in a tiger attack at an animal park has died.
VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Francis on Saturday said the Catholic Church should not be closed off to sinners like a "pastoral customs house", giving as an example baptisms for the children of unmarried mothers.
BEIRUT (AP) - Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shelled a strategic western town on Saturday in their heaviest barrage of a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from there, activists said.
