BRUSSELS (Belgium) - SUPPORT was growing on Monday for the European Union to resume talks with Moscow on a major partnership agreement which were frozen in Sept in protest over Russia's invasion of Georgia.

Most EU nations backed reopening the talks as foreign ministers gathered to take a decision.

'We need and want to work with Russia,' said a joint statement from the British and Swedish governments.

LILLE (France) - FRENCH anti-terror prosecutors launched an inquiry on Monday after a series of sabotage attacks on high-speed train lines delayed tens of thousands of passengers, a judicial official said.

The prosecutor's office in Senlis, north of Paris, said it had dropped its own probe into the attacks, in which steel rods were attached to overhead power cables on TGV lines, and passed the case to Paris-based investigators.

SYDNEY - LIFE has become a waiting game for the Moellers, a German family denied permanent residency in Australia because their youngest child has Down syndrome.

Mr Bernhard Moeller has appealed the immigration department's October decision, in which they said because of his son's 'existing medical condition' the family's residency was 'likely to result in a significant and ongoing cost to the Australian community'.