amily, health and religion - and not sex - make Filipinos most happy, according to a new Philippine Happiness Index. The index, crafted by Dr. Romulo A. Virola, Secretary General of the National Statistical Coordination Board, was posted on the Board's website on Tuesday.

A male orangutan is baffling his Dutch keepers by refusing to mate with females and showing sexual interest only in tattooed human blondes. A spokeswoman for Apenheul Primate Park was upbeat when Sibu arrived two years ago introducing the primate to its breeding male but apparently, orangutans aren't his type.

Banned from his local casino for allegedly swearing and shouting too loud, a Romanian went on hunger strike for three days in protest. Ioan Seutiut, 49, sat down on a chair in front of the casino in Deva, Hunedoara county, with a note reading: "Roulette hunger strike," saying he will not eat or accept medical attention until he is allowed to play roulette in the casino again.

Yorkshire folk are disturbed and baffled by a phantom sculptor who is leaving mysterious stone heads outside their homes. So far, The Sun has reported that at least nineteen heads have appeared across Yorkshire, each different but bearing the same carved symbol that appears to spell the word "paradox. "

A 24-year-old man married an 82-year-old woman after years of romance in the northern Argentine city of Santa Fe in a civil ceremony Friday. The marriage was attended by family members and friends.