Protesters detained at Russian punk group hearing

MOSCOW, Apr 20: Russian police detained at least 13 people who demonstrated outside a courthouse on Thursday against the arrest of three members of a women�s punk rock group that performed a protest song in Moscow�s main cathedral, witnesses said. The court was to decide whether to extend the detention of the three women over the performance, in which the group known as Pussy Riot sang a song against President-elect Vladimir Putin in short dresses and colored masks in Christ the Savior Cathedral. (agencies)