Brotherhood claims lead as Egypt vote count begins

CAIRO — The Mus­lim Broth­er­hood quickly staked a claim Thurs­day for its can­di­date to advance to a runoff vote, say­ing its exit polls showed him lead­ing in Egypt’s land­mark pres­i­den­tial elec­tion to suc­ceed ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.