Outside experts have raised doubts about whether a loud boom and a gaping crater found in Nicaragua last weekend were caused by a meteorite, as the government has claimed.

Nicaraguan president and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega was re-elected in a landslide, according to results released today, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems.

NO records exist of the three alleged Irish nationals Dubai police have claimed were members of a group that assassinated a senior Hamas official last month.