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Antiwar activists from around the country will celebrate Mothers Day by converging on Washington, DC, where they will demand Congress end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Five days of activism, sponsored by the women-for-peace group CODEPINK and "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan's Gold Star Families for Peace, will culminate in what organizers call a "Mother of a March" on May 14. "We want to get people out and get them active," said Tina Richards of Salem, Missouri. "We're getting in the way [and saying] no more business as usual until you pass legislation that brings our troops home and takes care...

Cuba rocks to concert by US band By Stephen Gibbs BBC News, Havana The American band Audioslave is to become the first US rock act to give a free open-air concert to audiences in Communist Cuba. The event, on Friday night, has been given the rare approval of both the Cuban and US governments. The two countries have been ideological foes for more than four decades. The group has been playing at Havana's Anti Imperialist Plaza, which was purpose-built five years ago for mass protests against the US government. It has been echoing to the sound of one of America's...