Among French, little love is lost for traditional trips to the altar
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PARIS -- Sandrine Folet and Lucas Titouh have two children, a stylish Paris apartment, and a 15-year-old partnership.
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After being unwelcome for centuries, dance has become an increasingly popular part of Christian church services.
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The 1964 classic "Marriage, Italian  Style," where Marcello Mastroianni is duped into wedlock by his  long-suffering mistress, Sophia Loren, suggests matrimony here  has long fallen short of the Roman Catholic church's ideal.
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The Yanks are leaving &#151; and many French didn't even realize they were here. The last U.S. military contingent in France said adieu to the country on Friday with a fittingly low-key ceremony. With European forces taking over peacekeeping in Bosnia, the Americans are being redeployed elsewhere, thus ending a chapter of unsung cooperation between Paris and Washington.
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Grumpy Gallic image gets a makeover as the nation starts to lose tourists.
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Whether because of his public love life or his economic policies, French voters seem to be souring on their new president
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This year's winners at France's most prestigious film festival were small and sometimes esoteric.
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France's losing presidential candidate, Segolene Royal, is the spotlight again over the end of her relationship.
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A generation ago, traditional families were sacred in Spain. Gen. Francisco Franco liked them big and Catholic, and gave hefty cash prizes to parents with the most copious broods.
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One by one, several French writers and intellectuals are making the startling confessions. After decades as committed leftists, they are defecting to the right &#151; many saying they've lost faith in Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal.
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For lovebirds nesting in the upper branches of the socioeconomic tree, weddings have become a way to trade your marquee appeal for free or discounted favors.
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For many couples, Valentineâs Day brought the realization that their relationship just wasnât working.
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The French â on the right and on the left â have embraced the news that President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, CÃ©cilia, have divorced with a surprising amount of sang-froid and a collective shrug.
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Punctuating a fundamental change in American family life, married couples with children now occupy fewer than one in every four households -- a share that has been slashed in half since 1960 and is the lowest ever recorded by the census.
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The US presidential race is being followed with close attention in France, where an overwhelming preference for a Democrat victory is balanced by the sober recognition that -- whatever the result -- there will be no quick fix for damaged bilateral ties.
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Sarkozy, Sarkozy, wherefore art thou planning thy wedding?
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PARIS, Feb. 2 -- Just as French President Nicolas Sarkozy had predicted, the media did not find out about his wedding until after it happened.