People are concerned about an increasingly corrupt world; Opposing sides slow Egypt’s return to democracy; And Murdoch’s called to explain himself after blasting police and lawmakers looking into the wrongdoings at his tabloids.

A new report on corruption says it’s a bribe-filled world.  Nine of Transparency International’s Ten Worst countries for corruption are in Africa.  But across the globe, 27 percent of those asked said they had to pay a bribe to get access to public services.  More than half believe corruption has gotten worse.  But the good news is that two-thirds of those asked would fight back against corruption if they had the opportunity.

New concerns about China’s economy slowing down, after Beijing reporter that June 2013 exports were down 3.1 percent from a year earlier.  Analysts had been expecting a 4 percent increase.  Imports were also weaker than expected in the world’s second largest economy.

The pilot of Asiana Air Line Flight 214 told investigators he knew it was coming in too low and too slow before it crashed at San Francisco International Airport over the weekend.  Officials also confirmed that two flight attendants were ejected from the plane when the tail broke off on the seawall at the edge of the runway.  They were seriously injured.  Two teenagers were killed.

All three major blocs in Egypt’s political turmoil have rejected the interim President’s plan to return the nation to Democracy.  The liberal National Salvation Front, the Tamarod Movement that led the protests against deposed President Mohammed Morsi, and Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood all say they were not properly consulted because the timeline was released.

Egypt’s interim leader is trying to placate Islamist anger over the military ouster of Mohammed Morsi from the presidency.  Adly Mansour is offering ministerial positions to the Muslim Brotherhood and to the even harder-line Al Nour Party.  Former UN nuclear agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei, popular abroad, has been named Vice President for foreign affairs.  Social Democrat and economist Hazem Al Beblawi has been named interim Prime Minister, and he faces the unenviable task of trying to reunite a deeply divided country and rescue its battered economy.

A roadside bomb killed 17 civilians in western Afghanistan.  The victims are mostly women and children who were in a trailer on their way to a local festival.  Police say the Taliban placed the bomb in the road.

India’s Supreme Court is criticizing the government for failing to come up with a plan to reduce acid attacks on women, a horrific trend that harms as many as 1,000 women per year. Activists have been calling for tighter restrictions on the sale of acids used in attacks, usually by vengeful husbands, boyfriends, and even employers whose sexual advances are rejected.

British lawmakers are recalling media magnate Rupert Murdoch to testify, after a damning recording of him emerged.  On it, Murdoch acknowledges he was unsurprised to find his London tabloid reporters were illegally paying off public officials for news tips and that he had no qualms with the practice.  He also belittles the police, saying, “the cops are totally incompetent.”  One thing is for sure, if someone tries to hit him with a foam pie this time, soon-to-be ex-wife Wendy Deng won’t be there to protect him.