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Heavy rains and strong winds are battering parts of Jamaica as Hurricane Sandy approaches. Schools and airports have been closed, and a curfew is in place in cities to keep people off the streets. Meteorologists have expected between 25 and 50 centimeters of rain to fall. They predict Hurricane Sandy will reach Haiti, Dominican Republic and Cuba. Yvonne Nelson is a shelter manager in Kingston, Jamaica. She described the preparations underway.

Nepal has been waiting for four years for its politicians to agree to a new constitution. But a final deadline expired at midnight on Sunday without agreement, plunging the country into crisis. With the life of the current Assembly over, Nepal has entered a political vacuum. The prime minister addressed the nation to announce fresh elections in six months’ time. For many in Nepal, frustrated with this lengthy stalemate, it’s depressing news. Politicians still seem as divided as ever on a central issue whether states in a new federal system should or shouldn’t be formed along ethnic lines.