Premier not ready to give up in vote
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From Times Wire Reports
Jamaica’s first female prime minister faced pressure to concede defeat as officials began a final tally of ballots.
With her party apparently suffering a razor-thin loss in Monday’s vote, Portia Simpson-Miller refused to give up, saying the final count could shift enough close races for her People’s National Party to win.
Preliminary returns gave the Jamaica Labor Party 31 of the 60 seats in the lower house.
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