10 News Monday, February 1, 2010 D My teacher is an alien, says 1 in 3 children in a survey By Ellen OReilly Sir? You look a bit out of this world today... No deal in Silvio split Air carrier on trial for crash SILVIO Berlusconi has rejected his wifes 3.5million-a-month divorce demand as they came face-to-face for the first time in nine months. The Italian prime minister (pictured) suggested Veronica Lario accept 200,000 per month. The offer was made during a five-hour meeting which the feuding couple attended with their lawyers. The pair, married for 19 years, have accused each other of having affairs. US AIRLINE Continental and two of its former employees will go on trial for manslaughter tomorrow over the Concorde crash that killed 113 people in July 2000. The carrier and its staffs failure to maintain a DC-10 resulted in a metal strip falling off onto the runway and puncturing the Concordes tyre and causing a fire during take-off, said investigators. A Concorde chief engineer and a former French civil aviation official also go on trial in the Paris court for failing to detect faults with the Concorde aircraft. Revellers found a novel way to beat the winter blues in Temple Bar at the Anna Livia-themed Bu Bolg Parade as part of the Temple Bar Tradfest Picture: Photocall Blue Sunday Brown up for Booker Prize CHRISTY Brown (pictured) could yet win the prestigious Booker Prize. The late disabled Dublin writers work Down All The Days joins works by Melvyn Bragg, Iris Murdoch and HE Bates in the nominations for a special Lost Man Booker Prize for works published in 1970 which fell through the net when the eligibility date was moved to November. There are 23 contenders in the running 40 years after their works were published. FINDING proof of extra-terrestrial life is a no-brainer for children because they see aliens every day at school. A third of all children aged five to 16 are convinced that the body of one of their teachers has been taken over by an extra-terrestrial being. And even if they do not think aliens are by the blackboard, three-quarters of youngsters believe the little green mon- sters exist somewhere in the universe. Aliens regularly feature in childrens books, films and TV series and so the results do not surprise child psycholo- gist and TV presenter Laverne Antro- bus. Children have many fantasies and love to escape into a world of make-be- lieve that they can imagine for them- selves, she said. Pupils also believe that if there is an alien invasion it is likely be a friendly one 72 per cent of the 1,000 polled said they expected the extra-terrestrials to be peaceful. However, more than nine in ten of 16- year-olds could not name all eight plan- ets in the solar system. The survey was commissioned by 20th Century Fox to coincide with the release of Aliens In the Attic on DVD. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html