A major legal victory came last Friday for supporters of traditional marriage in France.

The country's Constitutional Court ruled a law banning gay marriage does not violate the French constitution.

The court said parliament can change the law if it desires. But it's unclear whether France's President Nicholas Sarkozy and lawmakers will take on the issue, right before elections next year...

LUXEMBOURG – France said Tuesday it is increasingly exasperated with Iran's strategy in international negotiations on its nuclear program, and pressed for a quick answer as to whether Tehran will accept a U.N. proposal aimed at defusing tension.

France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Iran must make haste in its negotiations with the group of international powers — including the United States, Russia and France.

"It cannot take forever. We wait for answers," he said...