Former Cat Stevens Awaits Deportation At Dulles
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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 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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Lawyers for the singer once known as Cat Stevens said Friday that they have asked American officials to remove his name from a "no fly" list. The musician, now a peace activist named Yusuf Islam, was expelled from the United States last week after authorities diverted his London-to-Washington flight to Maine to remove him, saying he was suspected of ties to terrorism.
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LONDON - The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens says he isn&#39;t sure why he was barred from entering the United States and hopes it was all a &quot;big mistake.
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Surely, Homeland Security officials had good reason for diverting a London-to-Washington flight to Bangor, Maine, so they could remove pop legend Cat Stevens from the plane as a national security threat and ship him back to England.
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Homeland security and airline officials were trying to determine Wednesday how the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens was able to board
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Baghdad - The singer once known as Cat Stevens appealed Sunday to militants threatening to kill a British hostage in Iraq to release him immediately.
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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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It&#39;s been one of the most high profile fallouts of the American anti terrorism campaign. One of the greatest pop singers of the 70&#39;s Cat Stevens was deported yesterday from the United States.
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Yusuf Islam, the former pop singer known as Cat Stevens, was deported from the United States yesterday after immigration officials said he was on a terrorism 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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WASHINGTON - 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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Cat Stevens, the singer who changed his name to Yusuf Islam, was on his way back to Britain last night after United States officials denied him entry and claimed he had funded terrorism.
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LONDON - The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens returned to Britain Thursday, saying he was "totally shocked" that he was barred from entering the United States.    The singer, who changed his name to Yusuf Islam more than 25 years ago, was met by a swarm of reporters as he came through the arrivals area at Heathrow airport...
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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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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 US transportation security official 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.