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A recent poll has shown that almost half of the British public says they favor ending a policy forbidding public disclosure of the names of juvenile offenders.

An Angus Reid Public Opinion poll released on Friday said, in a survey of 2,003 British adults conducted online, 49 percent said they thought it was a bad idea to prevent the media naming juvenile offenders.

It was said by thirty-three percent that they were in favor of the policy.

Observers have said that U. S. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, once bitter rivals for the presidency, have hammered out a good working partnership.

The News York Times said Friday that however that relationship has not yet approached the tight bonds and easy access Clinton's predecessor, Condoleezza Rice, enjoyed with President George W. Bush.

The police have arrested an Indiana man who allegedly ran away and tried to hide after striking a construction worker with such force the body broke his windshield.

The Chicago Tribune reported that Robert Shannon, 35, of Hammond was arrested late Tuesday, 21 hours after Christopher Jenkins of Valparaiso was killed. Police also said that Shannon admitted killing Jenkins.

Jenkins was part of a pothole repair crew on the Borman Expressway in Lake Station, Ind., when he was struck, police said. Even though the construction area was well marked, other workers said the car that hit him did not brake.

Sydney, March 20 - Cinema can go a long way in promoting positive bilateral relations between Australia and India, especially Bollywood films as they are "all about heart", said Rani Mukerji, who was here as chief guest at the 2010 Indian Film Festival - Bollywood and Beyond.

A gel that may soon heal the misery of cleft palates in kids, have been developed by Oxford scientists.

Those most severely affected can suffer problems with their speech and appearance for years to come, although they can be corrected through surgery.

The gel is "significantly better than anything we can do now", said researcher David Bucknall.

According to the reports of dailymail. co. uk, the gel is similar to the one used in soft contact lenses. It slowly absorbs water, swelling to 10 times its original size.