Egyptian student charged with lying

NEW YORK -- An Egyptian graduate student has been charged with lying to federal investigators about an aviation radio found in a hotel across from the World Trade Center, in the room where he was staying the day two hijacked planes slammed into the center's 110-story towers.

Abdallah Higazy, the son of an Egyptian diplomat, allegedly denied any knowledge of the radio, which can be used to communicate with pilots. He is held without bail.

Prosecutors accused Higazy of interfering with the investigation into the Sept. 11 attack, which demolished the trade center towers and killed about 2,900 people.

U.S. District Magistrate Judge Frank Maas agreed with prosecutors in the case against the Egyptian Army veteran, saying "it appears he made false statements."