The Tel-Aviv light rail system--stalled and now essentially nationalized because major Israeli partners could not secure the required capital--demonstrates the extent and urgency of this problem.

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Firstly on social care - local authorities fear that multi-party talks on reforming the system of social funding have stalled.

BBC: Tough times in local government

Until the committee unveils its plan for an overhaul of the nation's health care system--and an announcement is expected any day--the debate is essentially stalled.

FORBES: Magazine Article

It highlights one of the biggest problems facing the financial system right now: balancing the political need to loan out taxpayer funds and ignite the stalled economy with demands to shore up their balance sheets and insure survival during the riskiest lending environment in a generation.

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Talks between the two countries have stalled during the past year over the United States' plan to move ahead on tests of its proposed missile defence system which go against Russia's wishes.

CNN: Powell in Berlin after Moscow talks

The U.S. is still stalled in the research phase and the ITIF report calls for a federal approach comparable in scale to the Interstate Highway System launched in the 1950s, with national real-time traffic information in the 100 largest cities by 2014 and a mileage-based user fee system by 2020.

CNN: South Korea and Japan streets ahead in smart transport