Iranian papers print a list of moral vices the police are targeting, including make-up and "decadent" films.

A Labour claim that the 'representative family' is better off post-devolution provokes angry response.

Cuba's vice-president calls the US a "morally decadent empire" at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Havana.

The head of a US Catholic school cancels prom night because of a "bacchanalian" culture of "financial decadence".

Muslims who criticise 'decadent Britain' are right, say a group of newly-elected Tory MPs.

Art Deco at the Victoria and Albert museum is an ambitious exhibition on the popular art movement.

This week Tony Blair claimed the Taleban viewed the West as decadent, and lacking the will to take them on. But isn't our reluctance to engage a symptom of decadence?

Fireworks, celebrities, decadence - it's the millennium on the American west coast.

In this week's Africa Media Watch: a top astrologer in Tanzania complains about falling standards in stargazing; students in Rwanda and Zanzibar face linguistic and agricultural obstacles to their studies; Kenyan doctors campaign for abortion reform; and a leading preacher in Ghana calls for a crusade against decadent youth.

The ultimate in decadence or a little piece of fashion history? Opinions are divided on whether the latest creations of a British designer were a fin-de-siecle landmark this week.