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KINGSTON (Reuters) - Provisional results showed Jamaica's opposition party narrowly winning a general election on Thursday, with promises of jobs and hefty tax cuts that appealed to voters weary of the current government's IMF-mandated austerity measures.* The Jamaican Labour Party won or was ahead in 34 of 63 parliamentary seats with almost all the votes counted, the electoral commission website showed.* Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller's People's National Party had been predicted to win, but polls had tightened in the last week. ...More...