Gorbachev Gives Prize to Cat Stevens
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev honored the singer once known as Cat Stevens with a peace prize on Wednesday, praising him for charity work and for standing by his convictions despite personal hardships.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - British singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is set to visit the United States later this year to promote his new album after being denied entry in 2004 when his name appeared on a watch list.
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The Cat Stevens incident has its origins in a spelling mistake
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The US denied entry to famous singer, peace activist, and education volunteer Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, on the grounds that he is on the terrorist watch list.
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Yusuf Islam, the pop star formerly known as Cat Stevens, has received a peace award from a group of Nobel Prize winners. In a public ceremony, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other Nobel Peace Prize
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LONDON Sept. 23, 2004 - Puzzled and angry at being barred from the United States, Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, returned to London on Thursday vowing to find out why.
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Yusuf Islam, the former superstar once known as Cat Stevens, performed on stage before a live U.S. audience on Tuesday for the first time in nearly three decades as he promoted his first pop album since leaving the music world for life as a devout Muslim.
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Yusuf Islam, the singer and song-writer formerly known as Cat Stevens, has urged Islamic militants in Iraq to free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, seized 10 days ago and threatened with death.
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In September, he was accused of having ties to terrorism. Today, he&#39;s been honored as a ``Man for Peace.&#39;&#39;. The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens was praised at a meeting of Nobel Peace Prize winners in Rome.
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PC Magazine - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday asked Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to intercede on behalf of a Russian teacher accused of using pirated software in his classroom.
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Former British pop singer and Muslim convert Cat Stevens has called on kidnappers in Iraq to release unharmed British hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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The singer once known as Cat Stevens, now a peace activist whose name was on a U.S. list of people suspected of having terrorist links, will receive a peace prize from a foundation headed by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, organizers said Monday.
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is recovering after undergoing surgery in Germany on a key artery in the neck that supplies blood to the brain, his foundation said Wednesday.
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&quot;Every one is the same, and every one is different,&quot; proclaimed a philosophical George Stevens Jr., producer of the Kennedy Center Honors, as the 27th annual performing-arts celebration got under way this past weekend.
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LOS ANGELES - He hasn&#39;t been an entertainer for decades, but when the folk-rock singer once known as Cat Stevens has resurfaced over the years, it&#39;s usually in a way that stuns or confuses the fans who still love his old songs.
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LONDON, Sep 24 (IPS) - Mikhail Gorbachev is an ex-president going after  weapons of mass destruction. But not the way U.S. President  George Bush thought he was going after them in Iraq.
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Former pop singer Cat Stevens, a Muslim, will be deported to Britain because his activities could be &quot;linked to terrorism,&quot; a US official said on Wednesday.