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Oil tops $50 but how long for?

Brent oil futures climb above $50 a barrel for the first time in nearly seven months, boosted by U.S. government figures showing a sharper-than-expected drawdown in crude stocks. As Sonia Legg reports, it helped boost energy-related shares in Europe and Asia.