Cyrus Cylinder Row Prompts Iran to Cut Ties With Brit. Museum

A row over an artefact from the Persian Empire known as the Cyrus Cylinder has prompted Iran to cut ties with the British Museum.  The Cyrus Cylinder is covered in the ancient Persian form of writing known as...

Serial Complainer Found Not Guilty

UPDATE Tuesday, November 25, 2008A DISABLED man who had been threatened by youths then used racially derogatory words while speaking to the police has been found not guilty of making offensive phone calls. " John Spare, 59, who is profoundly deaf, used derogatory terms to...

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