London, Havana, Lhasa and, yes, even the final frontier. A year’s worth of reasons to pack your bags and take off.

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The 45 Places to Go in 2012

A former Cuban government minister and a Chilean businessman receive lengthy jail sentences from a court in Havana for corruption.

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Cuban politician jailed for graft

The wide avenues of Havana became a colorful mosaic of the faces and flags of throngs of Cuban people — 600,000 of them, according to state media — as people gathered to commemorate International Workers’ Day, or May Day, on Sunday.

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Cuban May Day brings uncertainty

A Cuban court sends 13 staff at a Havana psychiatric hospital to prison for up to 15 years over the death from hypothermia of 26 patients in 2010.

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Cuba jails cold snap death medics

Moves announced by US President Barack Obama to relax restrictions on travel to Cuba are positive but not enough, the Havana government says.

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Cuba: US rule changes ‘limited’

A British-owned cruise ship has sailed into the Cuban capital, Havana – the first in years to dock in the Communist-run island.

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Cruise ship welcomed in communist Cuba

Sixty-eight people are dead after a plane crashed in Cuba Thursday. The plane was en route from Santiago to Havana when it lost contact with air-traffic controllers. There are no details so far on what happened, and there are no survivors. Cuban…

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Cuba Plane Crash Kills 68

Cuba is to release three more political prisoners, the Catholic Church in Havana says.

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Cuba ‘to release more prisoners’