bulldozers
and diggers at Osama bin Laden's former compound. The demolition started early in the evening and is still said to be continuing. The site is a large compound with several high walls built around the actual house. The former al-Qaeda leader was killed in a secret US operation there last May.
Syrian activists say at least 41 civilians and 16 soldiers have been killed in the latest violence across the country during the day. The figures cannot be independently verified. Jim Muir reports from neighbouring Lebanon.
In Khalidiya, a district of Homs close to Baba Amr, which has also been heavily bombarded recently, thousands of mourners packed a square and chanted anti-regime slogans as six coffins were paraded around in a circle. They were of people killed in the latest violence. At Baba Amr itself, hundreds of armed rebels from the Free Syrian Army are holding out against
siege
and bombardment by security forces. Throughout the day, International Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent officials tried to negotiate another evacuation of seriously wounded people, but by the end of the day, the talks have failed to produce results.
The South African government says the former President Nelson Mandela is in a stable and comfortable condition after being admitted to hospital. An official statement said Mr Mandela, who's 93, had undergone a
diagnostic
procedure for a long-standing stomach complaint. A presidential spokesman said Mr Mandela was well and in good spirits. He retired from public life eight years ago.