The news boosted the hard-pressed yen, the currency climbing faster than it had at any point in the past two weeks.

BBC: US buying boosts Japanese trade

Japan's Nikkei Stock Average clocked its biggest one-day point and percentage gain since March 2011, climbing 2.9% to its highest closing level since April 2010.

WSJ: Blue Chips Finish Strong

We'd been climbing for 11 hours and were just about at the halfway point.

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After climbing five spiral staircases to reach the top of the tower - the highest point visitors can reach - Mr Price had a further 56m to climb.

BBC: Salisbury Cathedral spire to get digital anemometer

Drivers climbing the greasy pole of motorsport have to pay their own way, and the tricky point comes when your financial backing fails to match up to the budget required of the next step.

BBC: How good is Button?

While a game like Uncharted makes combat feel like something out of a movie with climbing, rolling, jumping and destructible cover, Call of Duty just features endless streams of enemies that you point and shoot at.

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