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US President Barack Obama attacked income inequality in his annual state of the union address and urged Congress to adopt fairer rules on the creation of wealth in the United States.

About 40 Occupy protesters remain at Aotea Square on Tuesday night despite the Auckland Council's attempt to move them on. Audio

A British court ruled on Wednesday that a protest camp denouncing economic inequality should be removed from its site outside St Paul's Cathedral in London.

Former football star Eric Cantona wants to run in this year's presidential election in France and is trying to gather the signatures needed to do so, a newspaper has reported.

Judges have been given a pay rise of between 1.4% - 1.7% by the Remuneration Authority. Audio

Protesters in Dunedin have ended their two-month occupation of the Octagon.

Finance Minister Bill English says taxing the rich more heavily is not the answer to closing the gap between rich and poor in New Zealand. Audio

Police in riot gear and biohazard suits have removed anti-Wall Street activists from a camp outside Los Angeles City Hall, arresting about 200 people.

The Occupy Wall Street protest camp in New York has been dismantled in an overnight raid involving police in riot gear.

Melbourne authorities have become the latest to crack down on demonstrators occupying public spaces in protest against economic inequality.

Police in New York launched a pre-dawn operation to clear the original Occupy Wall Street protesters from a park in the financial district.

Dunedin police say they may not be able to legally remove protestors from the central city without breaching their right to protest.

Efforts by authorities in Dunedin to evict protesters from the central city have so far been unsuccessful.

The Council of Christian Social Services wants to see all candidates for the forthcoming general election put on the spot about their commitment to reducing income inequality in New Zealand.

The Council of Christian Social Services is encouraging Maori to make income inequality a general election issue.

Hundreds of police officers in Italy have searched premises used by suspected anarchist groups after violent riots in Rome marred a demonstration against corporate greed and income inequality.