Muslim brotherhood says a military coup is under way in egypt and that organisation will stand between president and tanks. - AlJazeera.
Egypt is bracing for a showdown between the military and President Mohammed Morsi, who has rejected an army ultimatum to end a political crisis with his opponents, vowing to stay in office.
The ultimatum expires at 4.30pm (1430 GMT) on Wednesday.
Earlier, the army leaked details of a roadmap that includes overthrowing Morsi, scrapping a draft constitution and forming a government of independents headed by an army general.
The army has said it had to intervene after unprecedented rallies by million of Egyptians at the weekend to demand Morsi step down.
Morsi, who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood group, has vowed to stay in office at any cost.
"Egyptians across the country and even Egyptians outside the country watching from afar are incredibly worried about the situation in their country," said Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros, reporting from Cairo's Tahrir Square.
"This is probably the most critical point in Egypt since former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February 2011."
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- 10:14 am Senior military commanders were in emergency talks after Egypt's Mursi rejected their ultimatum to resolve the current crisis
- 8:41am Egypt's hardline al-Gamaa al-Islamiya calls on Mursi to hold
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Reuters
- 7:55am Egyptian Brotherhood leader Essam el-Erian: freedom more
valuable than life
• 6:39 am AL-Ahram: Egypt army road map sets out 9 to 12 month transitional period
• 6:37 am Al-Ahram says road map includes neutral transitional government to be headed by a military leader
• 6:35 am Al-Ahram: Egypt army road map would set up a three-member presidential council chaired by head of supreme constitutional court
• 6:30 am Al-Ahram: Egypt's state-run Al Ahram newspaper says it is expected Mursi will either resign or be sacked by armed forces road map on Wednesday
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