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North Korea's about-turn is chiefly aimed at extracting more aid and trade from Japan.

North Korea's about-turn is chiefly aimed at weaning more aid and trade from Japan.

The key to Binnie's about-turn is cost and the permanent uplift of at least £80 per year in the bills of Thames Water customers.

And, with threats of boycotts over Darfur ringing in their ears, they might also have had the 2008 Beijing Olympics in mind when they voted for the new resolution on July 31st.This about-turn is extremely welcome.

As if the drama of Iraq and the succession of knife-edge Commons votes needed to keep his reform agenda alive were insufficiently thrilling, Mr Blair has now persuaded himself that he must resolve, "once and for all", Britain's place in Europe.Given his hitherto dismissive rejection of calls for a referendum, Mr Blair's about-turn is astounding.

The spark for much of this about-turn is the success of Dubai, the holiday jewel of the Middle East, that has risen rapidly out of the deserts of the eastern Arabian peninsula and, in just over a decade, become one of the world's highest-profile tourist destinations.

The about-turn was also welcomed by Paris and Berlin.

His about-turn was sudden; perhaps Carrey did not want to seem hypocritical after months of anti-gun lobbying.

In fact, his about-turn was triggered by the press and one of the print unions, the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (Natsopa).

The about-turn was announced as the bank prepares to confirm whether it intends to move its headquarters out of the UK.

Other incidents, from the Twin Towers tragedy to bombings in Tunisia, Indonesia, Morocco and elsewhere, have elicited similar opprobrium from Muslim clerics.But Mr Khodeir's about-turn was particularly dramatic.