By Matt Spetalnick and Ibon Villelabeitia
 
ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told the Muslim world on Monday the United States was not at war with Islam, using his first international tour to try to repair America’s damaged image abroad.
Obama hammered home his support for the creation of a Palestinian state, despite the recent election [...]

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UN meets after missile launch
By JEAN H. LEE AND JAE-SOON CHANG, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. and its allies sought punishment yesterday for North Korea’s defiant launch of a rocket that apparently fizzled into the Pacific, holding an emergency UN meeting in response to fears the country was testing long-range missile technology.
President [...]

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By Ed Cropley
 
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African prosecutors dropped corruption charges on Monday against ruling party leader Jacob Zuma, who is expected to become president, ending a long legal battle that had raised doubts over his ability to govern.
Acting chief prosecutor Mokotedi Mpshe said the former head of the elite Scorpions anti-crime unit had manipulated [...]

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NAIROBI (AFP) - Somali pirates seized ships from France, Britain, Germany, Taiwan and Yemen, defying world naval powers by prowling further out in the Indian Ocean to target victims.
 
Ransom-hunting pirates equipped with skiffs, guns and grapnels took five ships in 48 hours, the two latest on Monday targeting a British cargo ship and a Taiwanese [...]

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Kenya Justice minister Karua resigns
By ANTHONY KARIUKI
In Summary
1) Ms Karua resigns citing frustrations in discharging her duties.
2) Ms Karua had accused the Judiciary of being lethargic and anti-reform and laid the blame on Chief Justice Evans Gicheru.
3) President Kibaki has expressed confidence at the Chief Justice.
Martha Karua, Kenya’s Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister has resigned [...]

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