Palaver - 12/11/09

The Vatican is said to be searching for extra-terrestrial life or life on other planets. The church organised a five-day gathering of 30 leading scientists to debate whether the "Truth is really out there" to mark the International Year of Astronomy.

And staying with matters transcendental, Michael Jackson’s funeral cost Sh76 million in terms attorneys said were "entirely commensurate with the decedent’s worldwide status as an entertainer and the world’s grief over his death."