Passenger Cat Stevens Gets Plane Diverted
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WASHINGTON - A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine when it was discovered that passenger Yusuf Islam - formerly known as singer Cat Stevens - was on a government watch list and barred from entering the country.    United Airlines Flight 919 was en route to Dulles International Airport when the match was made Tuesday between a passenger and a name on the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration...
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An American Airlines flight heading from Los Angeles to London was diverted to New York on Thursday over security concerns but US authorities said the incident was likely a &quot;misunderstanding&quot;, US media reported.
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An Olympic Airlines flight from Athens to New York was diverted Sunday to London &quot;on a full emergency,&quot; a spokeswoman for London&#39;s Stansted Airport said.
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Yusuf Islam, the British singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, has demanded an explanation from American officials who threw him off a transatlantic flight.
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A passenger plane bound for Washington from London was diverted to the northeastern US state of Maine on Tuesday after the name of a passenger appeared on a US government watch list, authorities said.
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An Olympic Airlines flight on its way from Athens to New York is diverted to Stansted Airport after a security alert.
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A New York fireman involved in the rescue effort following the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers was among passengers on a plane diverted to London after a bomb alert.
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LONDON - 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.    Surrounded by a throng of reporters at Heathrow Airport, Islam said it was ludicrous that he's on Washington's no-fly list, suspected of ties to terrorists, and said he would challenge the decision to block him from entering the country...
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An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to London was diverted to New York early Thursday after a crew member became suspicious of one of the passengers, an airline spokeswoman said.
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When he was yanked off a Washington-bound plane and sent home, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens says he became the victim of an "unjust and arbitrary system" that is diminishing the United States' reputation as a defender of freedom.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 22, 2004 - Singer Cat Stevens, taken off a London-to-Washington flight because his name showed up on a government &quot;no-fly&quot; list, has no ties to suspected terrorists, his brother said Wednesday.
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Yusuf Islam, the singer-song writer  formerly known as Cat Stevens, Friday demanded an inquiry into  why the United States labeled him a security risk and deported  him.
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WASHINGTON -- The deportation process is under way for Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens. Islam was removed from a United Airlines flight Tuesday because he is on a government no-fly list.
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WASHINGTON -- A flight from Paris bound for Dulles International Airport was diverted Saturday night after US Customs officials detained two passengers aboard, officials said.
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OFFICIALS from the United States department of homeland security said yesterday that the former pop star Cat Stevens was escorted off a transatlantic flight and denied entry to the US because of fears that he ...
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CAT Stevens was deported from the United States because of a spelling error, with American officials confusing the former pop star with a man with a similar name on a &quot;no-fly&quot; list, Time magazine reported today.
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The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens was denied entry into the United States Tuesday night and will be flown back to England Wednesday.