News Headlines - 15 March 2013

▽BBC News - Japan seeks to join TPP free trade talks

Japan has said it wants to join the talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade agreement currently being negotiated among 11 countries.

▽BBC News - Haruhiko Kuroda: Can he wave the magic wand for Japan?

In 2005, as the Japanese economy was showing signs of recovery from years of stagnant growth, Haruhiko Kuroda wrote a book titled "Success and Failure of Fiscal and Monetary Policy".

▽Mervyn King: There is a case for more QE - Telegraph

Sir Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, has said there is a case for further quantitative easing to support the UK's recovery.

▽MP Eric Joyce barred from buying alcohol - Channel 4 News

Eric Joyce, the Falkirk MP arrested after a second fight in one of the House of Commons bars, is barred from buying alcohol across all parliamentary premises.

▽Sex in space could kill you | Gap Year

Experiments conducted on plants have led scientists to conclude that changes in gravity can damage cells, clogging cell 'highway traffic' and potentially causing life-threatening diseases in humans. The research found that when gravity becomes extremely weak or strong, it affects the development and functionality of the pollen tube, which is the male reproductive organ in plants.