LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: Supports for the NHS hold placards in front of a statue of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on August 19, 2009 in London, England. The photo-call is intended as a message of support to US citizens, where President Barack Obama is trying to introduce health reform. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: Supports for the NHS hold placards in front of a statue of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on August 19, 2009 in London, England. The photo-call is intended as a message of support to US citizens, where President Barack Obama is trying to introduce health reform.

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  1. An ambulance arrives at Lewisham hospital in south London November 29, 2009. Twelve National Health Service hospital trusts in England are significantly underperforming on basic safety, according to a report published by a health information body on Sunday. Lewisham hospital scored in the bottom three lowest-scoring NHS trusts, local media reported on Sunday.
  2. YORK, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 02: A mock casualty is given medical assistance inside a replica helicopter by volunteers from 256 (City of London) Field Hospital during an exercise at the Army Medical Services Training Centre, on October 2, 2009 in York, United Kingdom. Over 200 territorial army NHS staff and regular medics are taking part in HOSPEX to prepare them for their imminent deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The training centre is a mirror of the facilities there with actors and volunteers playing the role of casualties with typical war injuries.
  3. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Mugs promoting the National Health Service are stacked on a Labour party stall at the Labour Party Conference on September 28, 2009 in Brighton, England. Party officials and delegates are gathering in the seaside coastal resort for their last conference before the general election in 2010.

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  1. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Mugs promoting the National Health Service are stacked on a Labour party stall at the Labour Party Conference on September 28, 2009 in Brighton, England. Party officials and delegates are gathering in the seaside coastal resort for their last conference before the general election in 2010.
  2. An ambulance drives past Basildon hospital in Essex, east of London November 29, 2009. Twelve National Health Service hospital trusts in England are significantly underperforming on basic safety, according to a report published by a health information body on Sunday. Basildon and Thurrock NHS trust was rated worst -- with a mortality ratio 31 percent above the national average.
  3. A peeling sign is seen on a dustbin at Lewisham hospital in south London November 29, 2009. Twelve National Health Service hospital trusts in England are significantly underperforming on basic safety, according to a report published by a health information body on Sunday. Lewisham hospital scored in the bottom three lowest-scoring NHS trusts, local media reported on Sunday.
  4. An ambulance arrives at Lewisham hospital in south London November 29, 2009. Twelve National Health Service hospital trusts in England are significantly underperforming on basic safety, according to a report published by a health information body on Sunday. Lewisham hospital scored in the bottom three lowest-scoring NHS trusts, local media reported on Sunday.
  5. A sign stands outside a building at Lewisham hospital in south London November 29, 2009. Twelve National Health Service hospital trusts in England are significantly underperforming on basic safety, according to a report published by a health information body on Sunday. Lewisham hospital scored in the bottom three lowest-scoring NHS trusts, local media reported on Sunday.
  6. YORK, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 02: A mock casualty is given medical assistance inside a replica helicopter by volunteers from 256 (City of London) Field Hospital during an exercise at the Army Medical Services Training Centre, on October 2, 2009 in York, United Kingdom. Over 200 territorial army NHS staff and regular medics are taking part in HOSPEX to prepare them for their imminent deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The training centre is a mirror of the facilities there with actors and volunteers playing the role of casualties with typical war injuries.
  7. ST AUGUSTINE, FL - NOVEMBER 02: PGA Hall of Fame golfer Arnold Palmer prepares to speak during the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremonys on November 2, 2009 in St Augustine, Florida. Palmer is making the induction address for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  8. ST AUGUSTINE, FL - NOVEMBER 02: PGA Hall of Fame golfer Arnold Palmer speaks during the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremonys on November 2, 2009 in St Augustine, Florida. Palmer is making the induction address for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  9. ST AUGUSTINE, FL - NOVEMBER 02: PGA Hall of Fame golfer Arnold Palmer speaks during the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremonys on November 2, 2009 in St Augustine, Florida. Palmer is making the induction address for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  10. ST AUGUSTINE, FL - NOVEMBER 02: PGA Hall of Fame golfer Arnold Palmer speaks during the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremonys on November 2, 2009 in St Augustine, Florida. Palmer is making the induction address for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  11. ST AUGUSTINE, FL - NOVEMBER 02: PGA Hall of Fame golfer Arnold Palmer signature in the pavement at the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremonys on November 2, 2009 in St Augustine, Florida. Palmer is making the induction address for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  12. ST AUGUSTINE, FL - NOVEMBER 02: PGA Hall of Fame golfer Arnold Palmer (R) and Charlie Sifford at the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremonys on November 2, 2009 in St Augustine, Florida. Palmer is making the induction address for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  13. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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