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In a historic ceremony broadcast live on French television, the first gay couple to marry in France said, "Oui," and then sealed the deal with a lengthy and very public kiss.
President Obama borrows a lot of his ideas from his friends in Europe. The continent's Big Government welfare state is an inspiration for someone who thinks the cure for too much spending is more spending.
France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate and protests that flooded the streets of Paris. Legions of officers and water cannon stood ready near France's National Assembly ahead of the final vote, bracing for possible violence on an issue that galvanized the country's faltering conservative movement.
He doesn't really want to, but "duty" could force former French President Nicolas Sarkoy to launch a political comeback and seek the nation's highest office once again, come 2017.
Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped his meeting in France with President Francois Hollande just as U.S. officials announced they were nearing a decision about arming rebels in Syria, the nation once controlled by French rulers.
France's lower house of parliament has approved a sweeping bill to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children.
Maybe Bruce Willis is the man to unite divided Republicans.
As rising GOP stars prepare to deliver competing, stereophonic versions of the fissile party’s response to President Obama’s State of the Union message Tuesday night, Bruce Willis continues to speak out in mono, on message, in a language common to all Republicans.
Actor Bruce Willis has been awarded the Commander of the Arts in France for his contribution to cinema.
Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's veteran couturier, has shown his support for the legalization of gay marriage in France by sending two models down a catwalk wearing couture bridal gowns.
A Dutch finance minister took over Monday as head of the eurogroup, the group of the 17 eurozone finance ministers, giving him one of the top jobs in Europe's battle to end its financial crisis.
Not long ago, Warren Buffett promised raising taxes on the rich would boost the morale of the middle class. Thanks to the New Year's "fiscal cliff" deal, the rich's taxes have gone up, but consumer sentiment isn't showing any signs of improvement.
Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president’s plan to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt and conceive children.
Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage and thus allow same-sex couples to adopt and conceive children.
France launched airstrikes Friday to help the government of Mali defeat al Qaeda-linked militants who captured more ground this week, dramatically raising the stakes in the battle for this vast desert nation.
When President Francois Hollande promised to legalize gay marriage, it was seen as relatively uncontroversial.
French Socialist President Francois Hollande famously said, "I don't like the rich" and enacted legislation raising France's top tax rate to 75 percent, suggesting he is guilty of the sort of envy that seeks solace in the sufferings of others.
