French ‘Spiderman’ arrested after climbing to top of Malaysia’s 88-story Petronas Twin Towers

September 2nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Third time lucky in climbing Malaysia's tallest tower, French "Spiderman" Alain Robert has escaped going to jail but has paid $565 as fine. After spending a night in the police lock-up, he was brought in handcuffs to a court here where the government lawyers demanded maximum punishment for his act of scaling Tower Two of the Petronas Twin Towers.

September 2nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A French climber nicknamed "Spiderman" has been fined 2,000 ringgit ($570) for climbing Malaysia's 88-story Petronas Twin Towers. A Kuala Lumpur court official says Alain Robert pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminal trespass.

September 2nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - French "Spiderman" Robert Alain Philippe was fined RM 2,000 after he pleaded guilty to criminal trespass for scaling the Petronas Twin Towers. He scaled Tower 2 of the Twin Towers at about 8.30 a.m.

September 1st, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A French climber nicknamed "Spiderman" has climbed to the top of Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers, one of the world's tallest buildings, a newspaper report said Tuesday. Alain Robert, who has twice before attempted to scale the 88-storey landmark buildings in Kuala Lumpur, reportedly began his climb before dawn Tuesday, and managed to reach the peak before being caught by security officials.

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May 12th, 2009 BARI - Two French nationals have been charged by Italian police with leading an Al Qaeda terrorist cell and planning attacks in Paris and in Britain, the Italian news agency Ansa reported Tuesday. The two men were arrested in the Italian city of Bari in November 2008 after arriving from Greece with illegal immigrants in their camper van.

May 12th, 2009 BARI - Two French nationals have been charged by Italian police with leading an Al Qaeda terrorist cell and planning attacks in Paris and in Britain, the Italian news agency Ansa reported Tuesday. The two men were arrested in the Italian city of Bari in November 2008 after arriving from Greece with illegal immigrants in their camper van.

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April 11th, 2009 NEW YORK - Boeing reached a milestone Friday when it delivered its 777th Boeing 777 to Air France. The French national carrier is among the top Boeing clients, including Singapore Airlines, Emirates Airline and United Airlines.

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