Pay schemes that perpetuate sexual discrimination are deemed illegal in a landmark Court of Appeal ruling.

Saudi women are being kept in perpetual childhood by a system of male guardianship, a leading rights group says.

Electrical engineer Professor Sir Eric Ash visits Irish company Steorn which claims to have developed a "free energy" device.

Former US envoy John Bolton and top UN peacekeeper Jean-Marie Guehenno debate peacekeeping for the BBC News website.

Pole dancing is now promoted as a legitimate form of exercise, but is it really just about keeping fit?

Peter Day casts his eye over the main business trends of 2005 and finds a recurring theme: perpetual motion.

Critics fear the government will perpetuate the "educational divide" it says it wants to end.

As countries gather to debate development and trade, Oxfam says existing rules are making poverty worse.

Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe are perpetuating war in DR Congo to exploit mineral resources, says a UN report.

As Macedonian football team Tikves suddenly break a 16-match losing streak, BBC Sport Online looks at the art of perpetual defeat.

Do the students chosen to attend Oxford and Cambridge universities perpetuate class divisions in the UK?

Walt Disney's dream of creating a concert film with a perpetually changing musical reportoire is at last realised in the giant screen spectacular Fantasia 2000.

The Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, says the European Union's decision to allow Cyprus to apply for EU membership without a political settlement will make the division of the island permanent.

The outgoing German ambassador to Britain, Gebhardt von Moltke, says an outdated image of Germany is being perpetuated in Britain based on Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

A sociologist explains how elite colleges pass on privilege from one generation to the next.

Anti-electoral reformers warn of perpetual government turmoil under PR, while pro-reformers complain of democratic injustice under the present system.

Muslim and Arab groups are demonstrating against Bruce Willis's new film The Siege - because they say it perpetuates harmful stereotypes. Plus Peter Fonda flees Hurricane Bonnie, and a round up of entertainment news.