Jamaican Military on Streets as Election Winner's Margin Narrows

Jamaican reservist soldiers reinforced security at electoral offices on Monday after a final count of votes cast in last week's general election narrowed the winning party's majority to one seat in the heavily indebted Caribbean nation. The opposition Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) was declared the victor of Thursday's closely fought election but after a second count authorities stripped it of one seat, reducing it to 32 of 63 seats. One more constituency remains to be...

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