Boxing great Muhammad Ali and television star Ed Asner will lead a licensed
             anti-embargo mission to Cuba next week, delivering about $20 million in medicine
             and medical supplies, an organizer said Thursday.

             Ali visited Cuba two years ago on a similar mission, said Bob Schwartz of the
             Disarm Education Fund, a 20-year-old social justice group organized by former U.S.
             Attorney General Ramsey Clark. The Sept. 9-12 trip will be a first for Asner.

             The trip is co-sponsored by Direct Relief International, a private humanitarian group.
             Participants will tour a hospital cancer ward and a clinic, and meet with Health
             Ministry officials for a presentation on the impact of the U.S. embargo, Schwartz
             said.