EGYPT ON THE EDGE AFTER MURSI REBUFFS ARMY ULTIMATUM

Egypt's army has plans to push Mohamed Mursi aside and suspend the constitution after an all but impossible ultimatum it has given the Islamist president expires in less than 24 hours, military sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

CAIRO - President Mohamed Mursi clings to office after rebuffing an army ultimatum to force a resolution to Egypt's political crisis, and the ruling Muslim Brotherhood seeks to mass its supporters to defend him.