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| Pakistan opposition leader calls for tax boycott in anti-government protest |
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 By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Leading opposition politician Imran Khan urged Pakistanis on Sunday not to pay taxes or utility bills as a protest against the government and vowed to force the country's "corrupt" prime minister to step down this week. Both men say they will stay in the streets until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whom they condemn as corrupt, resigns. Anti-Western militant groups have been growing in strength, worrying Pakistan's allies. "We will go for civil disobedience and will not pay taxes or utility bills till the time Nawaz Sharif resigns," he said.
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| Seven arrests in Ferguson, Missouri, on first night of curfew |
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 By Ellen Wulfhorst FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Police arrested seven protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, early on Sunday as they imposed a curfew aimed at quelling days of violence that erupted after an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white police officer. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon imposed the curfew on Saturday after a week of racially charged protests and looting over the Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. The Ferguson police department has come under strong criticism for both the shooting and its handling of its aftermath. On Sunday U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered a federal medical examiner to perform an autopsy, in addition to one being conducted by state medical examiners.
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| UK police say migrants found in shipping container are Afghan Sikhs |
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| Police said on Sunday that 35 people discovered in a shipping container at a British port were Afghan Sikhs and that survivors would be questioned about how they came to be there. "We now understand that they are from Afghanistan and are of the Sikh faith." Sikhs make up a tiny minority in Afghanistan's population of around 31 million people. |
| Sultan of Brunei bids for Sahara' New York and London luxury hotels - WSJ.com |
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 The Sultan of Brunei has made a bid for New York's Plaza Hotel, Dream Hotel and London's Grosvenor House hotel, the Wall Street Journal's website edition reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the situation. An investment firm affiliated with Brunei has offered to pay $2 billion for the three hotels, which are currently owned by the Sahara conglomerate, WSJ.com said. Sahara's chairman Subrata Roy has been negotiating a sale of the company's luxury hotels from a makeshift office in prison, having been held for more than five months after failing to appear at a contempt hearing in a long-running dispute over his group's failure to repay billions of dollars to investors who were sold outlawed bonds. The Sultan, along with his luxury hotel operator, the Dorchester Collection, has been criticised for harsh new laws in Brunei.
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