An attempt by Spain's Socialist Party to form a government to end the political stalemate following an inconclusive election in December has failed. Here's Jess Reynolds.
But although these results seemed interesting, and capable of being explained, perhaps the most important thing to mention here is that in statistical terms they were inconclusive.
The 2012 contribution keeps us on pace for not one more degree Celsius of warming, or even two, as is the avowed goal of the international climate negotiations that saw yet another inconclusive round conclude this past week.
In Spain King Felipe announced that, after exhaustive talks following the country's inconclusive election in December, he had not been able to find a new prime minister.
As Cixi refused further industrialization and got in a short inconclusive war with France of Vietnam and even ended up firing her loyal Lieutenant Prince Gong.
And soon around that time, the UN Security Council adjusted their position to inconclusive on whether or not a secret nuclear test had actually been conducted.