Singer Cat Stevens Denied U.S. Entry, Flight Diverted
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The former pop singer Cat Stevens,  now known as Yusuf Islam, was denied entry to the United States  and his flight from London was diverted to Maine, after his  name turned up on a watch list, a U.S. transportation security  official said.
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A plane bound for Washington from London was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after passenger Yusuf Islam &#151; formerly known as pop singer Cat Stevens &#151; showed up on a U.S. watch list, federal officials said.
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Singer Cat Stevens and his daughter have been escorted from a diverted transatlantic flight and refused entry into America flight by FBI agents.
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Singer and peace movement supporter Cat Stevens and his daughter were escorted off a diverted transatlantic flight by FBI agents. The singer and writer, who converted to Islam many years ago and uses the name
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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.
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U.S. security officials diverted a D.C. bound flight and detained Yusuf Islam, formerly known as  pop singer Cat Stevens, after discovering that he had been allowed to board the plane in London even though he was on the government's no-fly list.
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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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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly  known as Cat Stevens, blasted the United States' system of  screening airline passengers for potential terrorists as  "indiscriminate" and "unjust" in an editorial in Tuesday's  (Sept. 28) Los Angeles Times.
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LONDON Yusuf Islam, the British singer once known as Cat Stevens, returned to London on Thursday saying he was &quot;totally shocked&quot; that American officials, who barred him from entering the United States on Tuesday, considered him a potential terrorist threat
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Yusuf Islam, who scored several Top Ten hits in the Seventies as Cat Stevens before leaving the business to devote himself to Islam, was denied entry into the US yesterday, because his name was on several border protection watch lists.
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US officials now say they have refused to allow in Yusuf Islam -- formerly known as singer Cat Stevens -- because of his association with potential terrorists.
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Former pop singer Cat Stevens, a  Muslim, was deported to Britain on Wednesday after U.S.  officials said his activities could be "linked to terrorism"  and his name was put on a U.S. no-fly list.
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Amy Winehouse has been denied a visa to enter the United States, preventing the troubled British singer from appearing at this weekend's Grammy awards ceremony, her publicists said Thursday.
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Yusuf   Islam, the London-based artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, forced a   Washington, D.C.-bound United Airlines flight to land prematurely in   Maine Tuesday after his name popped up on a U.S. terrorist watch list.
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US officials detained singer Cat Stevens on Tuesday and will return him to Great Britain today, because he is now listed on an official terrorist &quot;watch list.
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The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens was deported from the US because of a mis-spelling of his new name Yusuf Islam, Time magazine reported.
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Former pop singer Cat Stevens, a  Muslim, will be deported to Britain because his activities  could be "linked to terrorism," a U.S. official said on  Wednesday.