BBC news with Mario Howget.

South Africa's president Jacque Zuma has urged people not to be alarmed over Nelson Mandela's sudden admission to hospital. Mr. Mandela was taken to hospital on Thursday night on the advice of his doctors. He's said to be responding well to treatment for a recurring lung

infection

. In a BBC interview, President Zuma said people should not panic. I don't think people must be alarmed about it in what was seen. Let us low down the anxiety. He is responding very well. And he is in good hands of very good doctors. And I think all of that brings comfort to all of us. And I would like to very to say the country must not panic. Diva was fine. And we'd like to say to him, Diva, please get better quicker. We want to see you at all.

Three former Supreme Court judges in Cyprus have been asked to investigate possible criminal activity in the country's banking crisis. The Cypriot government said judges would examine decisions and actions at all levels. Constinos Petrides is the spokesman for the Cypriot government. The mandate of the investigative committee will be

widespread

. We will study all decisions, actions, or reactions at all levels from political decisions to decisions of governing boards of banks, supervising authorities and anyone else the committee deems needs to be investigated.

Earlier, banks had opened for the first time in almost two weeks. And queues outside were long but orderly. BBC's Nigel Cassidy reports from Nicosia. The country's president thanked people for what he called their maturity. But this doesn't mean people here have come to terms with events. It's not just the huge losses facing those with more than 100,000 Euros in their accounts. To trounce stop bank runs, Cyprus has imposed a string of restrictions on sending money abroad. It's not even possible to cash a check. It has to be paid in and cleared first. Such restrictions on the free movement of money have never been seen before in the European Union. The finance minister says they are temporary. But the history of similar capital controls in other countries suggests such safeguards are difficult to remove because of the renewed risk of another bank run.