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London: Britain is appealing a court's decision to allow US rapper Snoop Dogg into the country, the Border Agency said Friday.
The multi-platinum-selling musician was barred from Britain after he was arrested on charges of violent disorder at London's Heathrow Airport in 2006. But the hip-hop heavyweight successfully appealed the ban and received entry clearance from an asylum and immigration tribunal in January.
The Border Agency said it would challenge the ruling at a hearing next week.
In March 2007, Snoop Dogg - whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr - was forced to cancel a tour of Britain with fellow rap icon P Diddy after authorities denied him a visa.
That followed an incident in which Snoop Dogg and five others were arrested on charges of violent disorder and starting a brawl at Heathrow in which seven officers were injured. Trouble flared when some in his party were denied entry to British Airways' first-class lounge at the airport.
In April 2007, Snoop Dogg was refused entry into Australia by then-Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews.
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