Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi Claims Win in Egyptian Election

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi has claimed victory in Egypt’s first post-uprising presidential race

• But the rival camp of old guard candidate Ahmed Shafiq disputes the unofficial results, while the ruling military council claimed sweeping powers, throwing this major test of the nation’s transition into doubt. Morsi’s claim was just one in a stunning series of events in the turmoil that has attended Egypt’s historic poll.
• Just after the polls closed, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued a constitutional declaration, granting itself legislative powers, control of the economy and the right to pick who will draft the next constitution.
• With presidential powers still unclear and the Islamist-dominated lower parliament dissolved by court order Thursday, any victory Morsi might have when official results are announced later in the week would seem compromised from the start.