The son of Lebanon’s slain former prime minister, whose anti-Syrian slate swept to victory in the final round of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, has reached out to his defeated opponents with promises that he would not “close the door on anyone".

THE anti-Syrian opposition captured control of Lebanon’s parliament yesterday, breaking Syria’s long domination of the country, according to unofficial results and the opposition leader, Saad Hariri.

A letter bomb caught fire at the offices of a senior British MEP today, but no-one was hurt.

Increased security at the European Parliament in Brussels today failed to stop at least one letter bomb from being delivered.

A letter bomb addressed to the head of the European Parliament’s Christian Democrat group burst into flames today but did not injure anyone, officials said.