TOKYO — The hulking system that once guided Japan’s pro-nuclear-power stance worked just fine when everybody moved in lock step. But in the wake of a nuclear accident that changed the way this country thinks about energy, the system has proved ill-suited for resolving conflict. Its very size and complexity have become a problem. Read full article > >

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After earthquake, Japan can’t agree on the future of nuclear power

A flaw in the system designed to allow Facebook users to report inappropriate images gave users access to private photos.

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Zuckerberg Facebook photos hacked

Britain’s mandatory life sentence for murder and the system for setting minimum terms are unjust and outdated, a group of legal experts says.

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Life sentence for murder ‘unjust’

Paying off the “NHS mortgage” is putting so much pressure on the system in England that the future of some hospitals is at risk, ministers say.

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Hospital ‘risk’ over NHS mortgage

Troops in Afghanistan could be hit by shortages of equipment within 30 days if the system for sending supplies breaks down, MPs warn.

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Troops’ supply chain ‘could fail’

Children’s charity Barnardo’s says child victims of sexual exploitation are “failed by the system” because convictions are hard to achieve.

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Child victims ‘failed by courts’

The nuclear disaster has shed new light on the legal battles that critics of the system have lost for years.

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Hidden Dangers: Japanese Officials Ignored or Concealed Dangers

Polls close in a series of national and local elections across the UK as well as the referendum on the system for electing MPs.

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Polls close in UK-wide elections

The Endeavour space shuttle will not take off on Monday, NASA officials announced, after the launch was postponed Friday due to a faulty heater system. And it looks like repairs on the system won’t be finished for several days, pushing the launch back…

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NASA: Endeavour Will Not Launch Monday

Nick Clegg is to compare proposed changes to the system for electing MPs to giving women the vote and lowering the voting age to 18.

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Attacks on AV ‘nonsense’ – Clegg

The British government on Thursday said that new legislation would simplify the system and reduce costs while changing a culture in which people on welfare risk losing income if they find jobs.

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Britain Begins Welfare Overhaul

Replacing the system used to elect MPs will be “costly and complex”, opponents of change will say as they launch their campaign for the 5 May referendum.

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Vote change ‘costly and complex’

The much-mocked, color-coded terror threat system used by the U.S. government since after Sept. 11, 2001 is on its way out. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is expected to announce the change on Thursday. “Though the system served a…

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Color-Coded Threat Alarms Phased Out

The number of post-mortem examinations in England and Wales could be cut by 60% if the system in Scotland was used, a leading pathologist says.

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Call to reduce post-mortem rate

The anarchists responsible for the mail bombs that exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome Thursday announced in a letter left in the wreckage, “We will destroy the system of domination.” But Italian authorities say the anarchists represent…

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Italian Anarchists No Real Threat?