News Headlines - 09 February 2015

▽HSBC files show how Swiss bank helped clients dodge taxes and hide millions | The Guardian

HSBC’s Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers dodge taxes and conceal millions of dollars of assets, doling out bundles of untraceable cash and advising clients on how to circumvent domestic tax authorities, according to a huge cache of leaked secret bank account files.

▽Jordan says 56 IS targets destroyed in three days of strikes - The Times of India

Jordan said on Sunday it destroyed 56 targets in three days of strikes on the Islamic State group after it murdered one of its pilots, and is determined to destroy IS.

▽BBC News - Greece's Tsipras defiant over economic plans

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece has said he is sticking to plans to roll back austerity and rejecting an international bailout extension.
He said Greece, unable to service its debt, would instead seek a bridge loan.

▽BAFTAs: ‘Lego Movie’ Directors Mock Oscars Snub After Big Win | Variety

It looks like it didn’t take long for “The Lego Movie” directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to get over their Oscars snub — and a BAFTA award for best animated film certainly helps.
The movie won best animated film at Sunday’s BAFTAs, and Lord and Miller took some light-hearted jabs at the Academy while accepting the award at the ceremony.

▽Egyptian football suspended after deadly Cairo stampede - Al Jazeera English

Egypt has suspended its football league and ordered an investigation after at least 40 people were killed and dozens injured in a stampede and clashes between police and supporters of Zamalek football club at a game in Cairo, officials said.