(CNN) -- Hundreds of thousands of displaced San Diego County residents are navigating around road closures to find refuge in shelters and hotel rooms a safe distance from the wildfires encroaching on their neighborhoods.

WASHINGTON - Airlines that operate chronically delayed flights could face stiff fines in the coming weeks as the U.S. government concludes a six-month investigation into potentially deceptive business practices.

Jamaican officials plan to open a tourism training school as part of a campaign to reverse a downturn in visitors to the Caribbean island, including from the key U.S. market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam in September alone welcomed 350,000 foreign tourists, raising the total number of foreign visitors in the first nine months of 2007 to 3.2 million, up 18 percent year-on-year.

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- Barack Obama would lift restrictions on visits by Cuban Americans to the hemisphere's only communist country if elected president. A growing chorus of Democratic and Republican lawmakers would go even farther, loosening the U.S. embargo enough to allow all Americans to travel to Cuba.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- Bolivia announced Tuesday it will require visas for U.S. tourists beginning December 1, following through on a pledge to treat Americans much like they treat Bolivians entering the United States.

WHARTON, Texas -- A bit of American history - quirky and curious, but history non-ethless - huddles next to old Highway 59, past the tractor dealers and the rice mills, just before a green sign that proclaims Wharton's population of 9,237.

OAXACA, Mexico ? It wasn't yet noon when the firecrackers exploded.

Forget "Have a nice day", it's service with a snarl that most travellers have come to expect at US airports. But, as increased security measures and a reputation for rude immigration officials are becoming a turn-off for international visitors, New York City has gone on a charm offensive to win them back.