Kenya: Runoff seems likely after ballot decision

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Election officials in Kenya are counting votes from the country's presidential election, and the candidate who faces charges at the International Criminal Court has taken an early lead.

With a third of the vote counted, early results Tuesday showed Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta leading Prime Minister Raila Odinga 54% to 41%. Few votes have been counted from Odinga's stronghold, the western city of Kisumu.

Long lines formed around the country Monday. Election officials estimate that turnout was about 70%. Attacks by separatists on the coast killed 19 people.

Kenyatta faces charges at the International Criminal Court on allegations he helped orchestrate post-election violence in 2007-08, when more than 1,000 people were killed.

Kenya's capital, Nairobi, was quiet Tuesday. No violence had been reported in the country.