If an Abdullah scrapes back in, the six years of the next assembly might be a lot like the last, especially if the Indian government sticks to its line that it will talk only to Kashmir's elected representatives.

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Then, and only then, might Germany talk about sharing its credit card.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

Data can help but only if you treat it with respect, understand its limitations, and talk its language.

FORBES: Piracy, Saviour of the Book Industry

It has repeatedly said it will only program ads onto talk channels and not at all within its music programming.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Talk of the newspaper selling out its integrity was spurred not only by the supposedly coincidental resignation of the paper's editor, Shelby Coffey, but also by the appointment of a former head of consumer marketing as general manager for news.

ECONOMIST: The press

Some of its old-world gentility remains: Goldman agreed to talk for this story only reluctantly, wary of looking like a braggart.

FORBES: Gold Man

Officially, Tehran says it will only talk with Washington once the United States has set a date for withdrawing its troops from Iraq.

NPR: Iranian Analysts Urge U.S. to Look Past Rhetoric

For all the sombre talk about the global recovery losing momentum, the Fund has only nudged down its global growth forecast for 2012 and 2013 - and the forecast for just the advanced economies hasn't changed much either.

BBC: IMF expects less of the UK and a lot of the US and Europe

And it has said it will talk to the North about how it can come into compliance with its non-nuclear obligations, but only as part of a wider multilateral dialogue involving others affected by North Korea's behaviour.

ECONOMIST: North Korea