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British Foreign Secretary William Hague said yesterday that Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq had informed him that opposition figures would be brought into the Egyptian government in an upcoming Cabinet reshuffle. Hague also said that Britain had received a request to freeze the assets of former President Hosni Mubarak in the country. Wael Ghonim, a Google executive detained during some of the protests, meanwhile, said that military leaders had told him that a referendum on constitutional reform would be held within two months. The Higher Military Council which currently controls Egypt is seeking to return life to normal. However, protestors are suspicious of the possibility that the military regime may simply seek to ride out the discontent and then continue ruling. A ‘victory march’ is planned for Friday, to maintain popular involvement and pressure on the government of Egypt.