Cat Stevens&#39; Peace Plane Grounded
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Yusuf Islam, the London-based artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, forced a Washington, DC-bound United Airlines flight to land prematurely in Maine Tuesday after his name popped up on a US terrorist watch list.
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LONDON - Puzzled and angry at being barred from the United States, 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, Yusuf Islam said it was ludicrous that he was on Washington's no-fly list for having suspected ties to terrorists, and he said he would challenge the decision to block him from entering the country...
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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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WASHINGTON - A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine on Tuesday when it was discovered passenger Yusuf Islam - formerly known as singer Cat Stevens - was on a government watch list and barred from entering the country, federal officials said.    United Airlines Flight 919 was en route to Dulles International Airport when the match was made between a passenger and a name on the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration...
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The bearded musician once called Cat Stevens -- who was plucked from a United Airlines jet in Bangor, Maine, on Tuesday by federal officials because he&#39;s on the Department of Homeland Security&#39;s &quot;no-fly&#39;&#39; list -- has nothing to do with terrorists, his
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WASHINGTON - A gap in the airline passenger-check system permitted the former Cat Stevens to board a London- to-Washington flight even though he was on a federal no-fly list for suspected ties to terrorists, a Bush administration official said yesterday.
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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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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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The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens is forbidden from flying into the United States because of his alleged association with possible terrorists, U.S. officials said Wednesday in explaining why a London-to-Washington flight carrying the peace activist was diverted.
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&quot;My heart stopped    here on the ground.&quot;   -- Erik Lindbergh
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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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United Airlines and the Department of Homeland Security blamed each other Wednesday because a passenger, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, was allowed on a
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A passenger plane carrying singer Cat Stevens to Washington was diverted to another city 600 miles away yesterday so the musician could be escorted off the flight by FBI agents and sent back to Britain.
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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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Pop star turned Muslim activist Cat Stevens returned to Britain on Thursday after being deported from the United States over &quot;potential&quot; terrorism links.
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An incident this week in which British former pop star Cat Stevens was deported from the United States to London as a &quot;no-fly&quot; terrorist risk was caused by a spelling error.
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A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine yesterday when passenger Yusuf Islam - formerly known as pop singer Cat Stevens â-as found to be on a government watch list and barred from entering the country, two federal officials said.