http://uk.mobile.reuters.com Copyright 2008 Reuters en-us Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:31:32 +0100 http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/images/small/logo.png http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/Category/eUK/CTOPUK?src=RSS-TOPUK http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN0527106320080908?src=RSS-TOPUK WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Sunday seized control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, launching what could be its biggest bailout ever in a bid to support the U.S. housing market and ward off more global financial market turbulence. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:48:56 +0000 2008-09-08T004856Z_01_N05271063_RTRUKOC_0_UK-FANNIE-FREDDIE.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN9645380320080908?src=RSS-TOPUK HAVANA (Reuters) - High winds and heavy rains whipped eastern Cuba on Sunday as Hurricane Ike closed in after adding to the misery and deaths in Haiti and ripping through the southern Bahamas on a path to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico and possibly New Orleans. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:28:38 +0000 2008-09-08T002838Z_01_N96453803_RTRUKOC_0_UK-STORM-IKE.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKL745796520080907?src=RSS-TOPUK BRIGHTON (Reuters) - The Labour party must stop infighting and do more to ease the economic downturn, union leaders said on Sunday, threatening further strikes this year over public sector pay. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:14:18 +0000 2008-09-07T171418Z_01_L7457965_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-UNIONS-strike.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKL749056820080907?src=RSS-TOPUK LONDON (Reuters) - The personal details of thousands of prison staff working in England and Wales have been lost by a government contractor in the latest data security breach to embarrass the British government. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:43:06 +0000 2008-09-07T154306Z_01_L7490568_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-DATA.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKL747744120080907?src=RSS-TOPUK LONDON (Reuters) - Nationwide Building Society, one of Britain's biggest home-loan leaders, said on Sunday that it was in advanced talks over proposed mergers with both the Derbyshire and the Cheshire Building Societies. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:12:40 +0000 2008-09-07T111240Z_01_L7477441_RTRUKOC_0_UK-NATIONWIDE.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKL754524320080907?src=RSS-TOPUK JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police said on Sunday they wanted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to face criminal charges in a corruption scandal driving him from office during peace talks with the Palestinians. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:47:36 +0000 2008-09-07T204736Z_01_L7545243_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ISRAEL-OLMERT.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN0736675420080907?src=RSS-TOPUK ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Republican nominee John McCain said in an interview aired on Sunday he would bring Democrats into his Cabinet and administration as part of his attempt to change the political atmosphere in Washington. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:19:26 +0000 2008-09-07T171926Z_01_N07366754_RTRUKOC_0_UK-USA-POLITICS.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKL714923420080907?src=RSS-TOPUK BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said it was launching an investigation into claims by a newspaper on Sunday that a senior trade official leaked commercially sensitive information in return for possible reward. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:56:55 +0000 2008-09-07T105655Z_01_L7149234_RTRUKOC_0_UK-EU-TRADE-LEAK.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKL753707820080907?src=RSS-TOPUK LONDON (Reuters) - Police have charged three more male teenagers with murdering 14-year-old Shaquille Smith in east London last weekend -- the 25th teenager to die violently in the capital this year. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:57:35 +0000 2008-09-07T215735Z_01_L7537078_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-STABBING-SHAQUILLE.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKL755560820080907?src=RSS-TOPUK SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton denied on Sunday that he had gained any advantage from a Belgian Grand Prix incident that cost him victory and four precious points. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:42:33 +0000 2008-09-07T204238Z_01_L7133666_RTRUKOC_0_UK-MOTOR-RACING-PRIX.xml-sidebar-2 http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN9645380320080907?src=RSS-TOPUK HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike killed at least 37 people in Haiti and ripped off rooftops in the southern Bahamas on Sunday as Cuba scrambled to get hundreds of thousands out of the path of a storm headed toward the U.S. Gulf oil patch and possibly New Orleans. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:55:36 +0000 2008-09-07T235536Z_01_N96453803_RTRUKOC_0_UK-STORM-IKE.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN0527106320080907?src=RSS-TOPUK WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Sunday seized control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, launching what could be its biggest federal bailout ever, in a bid to support the U.S. housing market and ward off more global financial market turbulence. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:25:54 +0000 2008-09-07T232554Z_01_N05271063_RTRUKOC_0_US-FANNIE-FREDDIE.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN0752393420080907?src=RSS-TOPUK WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Sunday announced a takeover of the two mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to help support the ailing U.S. housing market and economy, in what could be the largest financial bailout in the nation's history. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:26:20 +0000 2008-09-07T212623Z_01_N05271063_RTRUKOC_0_UK-FANNIE-FREDDIE.xml-sidebar-9 http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN0756560320080907?src=RSS-TOPUK NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial stocks may rise on Monday after the U.S. government took over troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but this may be only a temporary reprieve given the long list of woes banks are currently battling. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:12:59 +0000 2008-09-07T211325Z_01_N05271063_RTRUKOC_0_US-FANNIE-FREDDIE.xml-sidebar-3 http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN036933920080907?src=RSS-TOPUK HAVANA (Reuters) - Ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped off roofs in the southern Bahamas on Sunday and Cuba scrambled to move hundreds of thousands of people inland, away from a storm eventually headed toward the U.S. Gulf oil patch and possibly New Orleans. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:54:31 +0000 2008-09-07T205431Z_01_N0369339_RTRUKOC_0_UK-STORM-HANNA.xml http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN0737469320080907?src=RSS-TOPUK MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike weakened into a Category 3 hurricane as it bore down on Cuba on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre said. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:54:28 +0000 2008-09-07T205431Z_01_N0369339_RTRUKOC_0_UK-STORM-HANNA.xml-sidebar-1 http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN0736849820080907?src=RSS-TOPUK NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington's latest attempt to resuscitate the moribund U.S. mortgage business moves the housing market out of the emergency room and into intensive care but by no means cures the patient. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:48:51 +0000 2008-09-07T204853Z_01_N05271063_RTRUKOC_0_US-FANNIE-FREDDIE.xml-sidebar-1 http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKN0737516220080907?src=RSS-TOPUK WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Both U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain said on Sunday they see the federal takeover of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as necessary. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:36:28 +0000 2008-09-07T203632Z_01_N05271063_RTRUKOC_0_US-FANNIE-FREDDIE.xml-sidebar-2 http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKWAT00998720080907?src=RSS-TOPUK WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Sunday that the troubles at mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac posed an "unacceptable risk" to the economy. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:36:28 +0000 2008-09-07T203632Z_01_N05271063_RTRUKOC_0_US-FANNIE-FREDDIE.xml-sidebar-4 http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CTOPUK/ntopNews_uUKWBT00965620080907?src=RSS-TOPUK WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike is expected to enter the oil-producing Gulf of Mexico as a severe Category 4 storm, a U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency official said on Sunday. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:33:04 +0000 2008-09-07T203325Z_01_N0369339_RTRUKOC_0_UK-STORM-HANNA.xml-sidebar-1