north african nation. at least 53 people were killed in zambia today when a bus smashed into a tractor-trailer and a car. video from the scene showed rescuers combing through tangled wreckage. hours after the crash, they were still searching for victims. the african nation's information minister said in addition to the dead, more than 20 people were hurt. the extent of government corruption in afghanistan improved slightly last year, but the cost went up, anyway. a united nations survey out today found 50% of afghans reported paying a bribe in 2012, down 9% from 2009. but the total of the bribes hit $3.9 billion up 40%. president hamid karzai has vowed to clean up corruption within his government. u.s. senator robert menendez denied today that he improperly intervened in a medical billing dispute to help his leading political donor. the new jersey democrat acknowledged contacting medicare officials to ask about billing practices. at the time, the program was embroiled in a dispute with dr. salomon melgen, an ophthalmologist in florida. melgen has contended he never tried to defraud med

day of all 112 countries that she went to from afghanistan to zambia, called it a secretary of schlep. and in some ways there is actually a real dewait-- debate opened up. michael kinsley said it was a complete waste of time. >> suarez: trudy, the boosters of hillary clinton have noted that at the time that she became secretary, u.s. prestige around the world was heavily damaged by very contentious relationships during the bush years. if you limit the questions to whether those have been repaired, how does her record as secretary look then? >> you know, the obama administration put an emphasis on alliances. and there's no question, she set out. she repaired the relationship with europeans. she brought about closer relationships with southeast asian countries in an effort to pivot towards asia and sort of create a buffer against china. but if you look at how that translates into policy, i think there is a bigger problem. she was very good going out to a country, soothing ruffled feathers, for example, with officials in afghanistan and pakistan. and speaking out to the public. but what

moving profits out of zambia to reduce their tax bill. they are called zambia sugar. >> a highly successful business employing thousands of people, but zambia sugar, a subsidiary of associated british foods, stands accused of avoiding paying millions of dollars to the zambian government. this comes from a new report by a u.k. charity. they say that between 2007 and 2012, zambia sugar made pre-tax profits of $123 million. over the period, the firm is claimed to have avoided paying $17 million in corporation tax. that is enough to pay for the school and 40,000 children every year. the parent company, based in london, has strongly denied doing anything illegal or immoral, and distressing how it helped zambia's economy. zambia sugar says between 2008 and 2012 capital allowances-they are used by governments around the world and nothing to do with tax avoidance. they invested around $240 million in zambian operations, creating jobs for 5000 people. action aid says that is not the whole story. they sent 1/3 of their pre-tax profits to tax havens, including a island in the netherlands. >

fact that you are born in guatemala or zambia does not mean you are any worse than an america. the implication of that forum immigration policy is we should have opened borders. want to say we did have an open borders and 18 05. it was closed through the 19th century, but through the 1960's -- but during that earlier time, there were high carriers to enter. that was a slow and leakey and crack the boat across the atlantic ocean. those folks were excited they were going to get on the boat, but they were cutting themselves off from their ties. they were making sacrifices. now we live in an era of the asper as -- disporas, which is quite different. in the 1910's, those guys were not super ice get. it is true the skill gap between those guys and americans was small. but for the 1930's, we as a society decided we would offer social citizen ship rights to folks who were lagging behind because there was a standard of decency in our society. one libertarian reply is we do not give legal immigrants and tenements to these benefits. we tried that in 1996, which said if you are lawful resident

to zambia, called it a secretary of schlep. and in some ways there is actually a real dewait-- debate opened up. michael kinsley said it was a complete waste of time. >> suarez: trudy the boosters of hillary clinton have noted that at the time that she became secretary u.s. prestige around the world was heavily damaged by very contentious relationships during the bush years. if you limit the questions to whether those have been repaired, how does her record as secretary look then? >> you know the obama administration put an emphasis on alliances. and there's no question, she set out. she repaired the relationship with europeans. she brought about closer relationships with southeast asian countries in an effort to pivot towards asia and sort of create a buffer against china. but if you look at how that translates into policy i think there is a bigger problem. she was very good going out to a country soothing ruffled feathers, for example, with officials in afghanistan and pakistan. and speaking out to the public. but what kind of a lasting impact did it have. for example in pa

has denied any immoral activities after being accused of moving profits out of zambia to reduce its tax bill. >> it is a highly successful business employing thousands of people, but zambia sugar stands accused of avoiding paying millions of dollars to the zambian government. the charges come at a new report. the charity says between 2007 and 2012, zambia sugar made pre- tax profits of $120 million and avoided paying $27 million in corporation tax. that's enough to pay for the schooling of 48,000 children every year. the parent company based in this london premises has strongly tied doing anything illegal or immoral and stresses how they have helped the economy and zambia. they say between 2008 and 2012, capital allowances but it did have to pay the corporation tax because the allowances are used by governments around the world and have nothing to do with tax avoidance. it highlights they invested $240 million of its operations, creating jobs for 5000 people. actually that's not the whole story. the firm sent a third of its pre-tax profits to offshore havens. >> we think this is not

countries in world. with that zambia rather than new mexico. mexico is a relatively affluent country growing quite rapidly right now. that is why net migration from mexico is roughly zero. that is one of the realities, immigration has changed. let's construct a program oriented toward those countries so those people can send remittance back home and it is going to be structured to have up flow so people who want to go back is easy for them to do so in the the people can take care slots. that is a more coherent way to think about humanitarian because those remittances will vastly overweight assistance by the united states or any other country. we are being backed into a corner, we are being backed into this idea that the immigration agenda advanced on political grounds, we mentioned 10% of the population is foreign-born. my parents were foreign-born so i am part of the 12% of the country that insists people born in the united states, one foreign-born parents. i love -- i think i am great. i don't think immigration policy should be settled by me and my parents because of our interest.

a major traffic accident in zambia has left fifty three people dead and many more injured the incident occurred on a highway one hundred fifty kilometers north of the capital lusaka a bus full of passengers swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle before plowing into a lorry is thought to be one of the worst traffic incidents in the country's history. the us aviation authority has given the go ahead for embattled aviation company boeing to run airborne tests of its dreamliner seven eighty seven plane batteries on two of these new passenger jets failed last month with one catching fire all seater has been grounded since the middle of january the stakes are higher for boeing has received orders for seven hundred of the planes costing two hundred million each. the black sea resort of sochi has marked exactly why me yeah until the start of the next winter olympics with the rest of russia joining the celebrations the games have already become the most expensive games in history art is andrew farmer reports from sochi . but if you can see the if the spirit has when in truth it's ok to e

zambia at least a fifty three people have died in what appears to be one of the worst traffic accidents in the country's history over twenty others were taken to nearby hospitals the crash occurred when an s.u.v. collided with a truck sending it into the path of an oncoming bus. rescue workers are struggling to enter the wreckage to search for survivors. a police chief and three of his a bodyguard have been killed by a roadside bomb in northern afghanistan three others were wounded in the attack which authorities believe deliberately targeted the police vehicle this comes after taliban militants claimed responsibility for downing a helicopter in the east of the country nobody was seriously injured in that incident. iran has extended a helping hand to egypt offering a loan to the cash strapped country and also plans to invest more in sudan despite the fact that tehran itself is subject to severe economic sanctions imposed by the u.s. and the e.u. over its nuclear program earlier economist and commentator kyon mokhtari told r.t. that egypt had no choice but to accept help from w

out of the gaza strip and established itself there as a separate government. in zambia at least fifty three people have died in what appears to be one of the worst traffic accidents in the country's history over twenty others were taken to nearby hospitals the crash was caused when an s u v collided with a truck sending it into the path of an oncoming bus rescue workers are struggling to enter the wreckage to search for survivors. iran has extended a helping hand to egypt offering a loan to the cash strapped country and also plans to invest more in sudan all this despite the fact that tehran itself is subject to severe economic sanctions imposed by the u.s. and the e.u. over its nuclear program earlier economist and commentator tare told r.t. that egypt had no choice but to accept help from where it can get it. but i think egypt has has made it quite clear that it wants to go its own way and where it stands but the muslim brotherhood has come to the realisation that we're a country. as important as powerful as iran in the region. they will have to be given take and should they decide