Newcastle, United Kingdom
Protesting Northern Rock staff members hand out leaflets outside a shareholders meeting at the Metro...
Protesting Northern Rock staff members hand out leaflets outside a shareholders meeting at the Metro Arena in Newcastle, northern England, January 15, 2008. Embattled mortgage bank Northern Rock faced a crucial shareholder meeting on Tuesday, amid growing expectations that Britain's fifth-largest mortgage lender will be brought under state control. Northern rock is Britain's biggest casualty of the global credit squeeze. REUTERS/Phil Noble (BRITAIN)