A study published in the United States says the gap in wealth between white and black Americans more than quadrupled between 1984 and 2007. The Institute on Assets and Social Policy said that even when African American had a good education and well paying jobs, they could not achieve the wealth of their white pairs in the workforce. Here is Nicolas Rusher .

There's no doubt that the US is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. But according to this study, not everyone is getting anyone near fair share. There has always been a big discrepancy, but in the 23 years caught by the study white families have grown even further richer than black families. The institute's director Thomas Shapiro said that the wealth gap reflected US public policies that benefited those already wealthy, such as facts breaks as well as discriminations in housing, credits and labor markets. He said a U-turn was needed to stop the gap widening even further.

Lawyers acting for an aunt of President Barack Obama say she has been given permission to remain in the United States. Zeituni Onyango a Kenyan half-sister of Mr.Obama's late father first applied for asylum in 2002, but it was turned down. She made another application after her status as an illegal immigrant was made public in a later stage of Mr.Obama's presidential campaign in 2008.

A Greek government minister has left office after it emerged that her husband owed more than six million dollars in unpaid taxes. Angela Gerekou, the Deputy Tourism Minister stepped down following news reports that her husband Tolis Voskopoulos had failed to declare his earnings as a pop singer. The Greek government says tax evasion is one of the reasons for the country's economic crisis.