UPDATE...
THANKS to a Special Freepmailer for pointing to this article:
http://www.ketv.com/news/9772319/detail.html
"Egyptian Students' Bond Set; Terror Not Alleged"
POSTED: 5:21 pm CDT August 31, 2006
UPDATED: 9:32 pm CDT August 31, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "OMAHA, Neb. -- Three Egyptian students appeared before a judge on Thursday on charges everyone agreed have nothing to do with terrrorism.
The trio was arrested in Iowa earlier this month after failing to show up to a study program in Montana. U.S. authorities issued a nationwide alert early this month after 11 of 17 students failed to show up for an exchange program in Bozeman, Mont."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Peck said the men, ages 18, 19 and 20, took buses to San Francisco and Des Moines
Shortly after Thursday's hearing started, members of the media were asked to leave. The judge ordered the hearing be closed, based on a request from one of the attorneys."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Members of the media were allowed back in the hearing to hear the judge's ruling. Bond for each student was set at $10,000.
The judge also said that the students violated their visas and used aliases to purchase bus tickets"