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A homage to fine dining Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:52 PM PDT The starter was Pan Seared Foie Gras... stunning. LONDON, Aug 29 — Not one to miss out on a good opportunity to eat well, and as I was going to be in London, I purchased two vouchers from online dealmakers Travelzoo which would allow us to see how the other half live: for just £70 (RM350), the pair of us could dine in style at the restaurant of the world-famous Waldorf Hilton in Aldwych. The night we chose to eat there was, coincidentally, the eve of the Royal Wedding, so the evening was memorable not just because of this special treat, but also because the minicab (with strict UK drink/drive laws, this seemed the most sensible way to do it, particularly as the offer also included a glass of champagne aperitifs each) went down the very route that the soon-to-be Duke and Duchess of Cambridge would take the next day.  With its 58-metre (190-feet) frontage, the imposing Edwardian building is currently undergoing major reconstruction, so the entrance was slightly disappointing – I had expected a grand foyer. But that was soon put right when we walked into the ground-floor Homage Grand Salon. The other starter of hand-cut Iberian Jabugo ham. Despite the understated elegance and the high ceilings from which hang sparkling chandeliers, it is surprisingly cosy, and you really get the feel of grand old-style European cafes, hence the name.  The menu seemed a scaled-down version of the normal a la carte, but offered enough choice to satisfy us – to go with the bubbly (Piper Heidsieck, no less), my dining partner chose the Pan-seared Foie Gras with blackcurrant dressing, and I settled for the hand-cut Iberian Jabugo Ham, an entire hock of which was proudly displayed on a sideboard and beckoned to me enticingly. This red, cured, uncooked meat from Spain was tender and juicy, although I do vaguely regret not going for their eponymous salad. At £19 a pop for each starter, we were well on our way to justifying the tickets. And we hadn't even made inroads into the main courses yet, which cost up to £36, although anything beyond £28 had to be topped up. Pretty swanky eh? As I opted for the Dover Sole glazed with crayfish bisque and sautéed spinach, the most expensive, and when it came apparently the largest item on the menu, it meant I had to pay extra. The other dish was Veal Medallion with sweetbread (£29) and it was excellent. Choices included Guinea Fowl, Pot au Feu of Winter Vegetables, and a selection of grilled items. For afters, my Mille Feulle was disappointing; it didn't live up to my vision of layers of light-as-air crispy pastry interleafed with cream, but the Lemon Mousse was excellent, cold, tart and sweet.  Wines were, by Malaysian standards, remarkably reasonable: a bottle of Berri-Estates Unoaked Chardonnay cost a mere £29 (RM180). Service was excellent, particularly as French Maitre d' Thibault Matherat took the trouble to show us round the rest of the ground floor, which included the spacious Palm Court, scene of many pre-war films, where they have just resurrected their famous tea dances: rather like a Noel Coward play, you can step back in time and partake of Traditional English Afternoon Tea whilst a live 5-piece band entertains you. It was definitely worth money, and although Travelzoo no longer offers this special price, the experience is certainly something to try next time you are in London. Salon Grand Homage The Waldorf Hilton Hotel Aldwych London WC2B 4DD Tel: +44(0)207 836 2400 www.hilton.co.uk/waldorf

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Big-hitting Johnson makes winning look easy Posted: 28 Aug 2011 08:28 AM PDT A fist pump on the 18th green to punctuate Dustin Johnson's win of the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs, shortened to 54 holes by Hurricane Irene. — Reuters pic EDISON, New Jersey, Aug 28 — Big-hitting Dustin Johnson won a final-round duel with holder Matt Kuchar to win The Barclays yesterday and the runner-up sounded like it was almost unfair. "Guys like Dustin Johnson can make golf seem really easy," said Kuchar after finishing two shots behind his fellow American in the weather-shortened 54-hole event at Plainfield Country Club. "If you could have any one attribute as a golfer you would want to drive it like Dustin Johnson," he told reporters. "You would want to hit it that far and that accurate. From there golf gets a whole lot easier." Johnson's booming drives on the relatively short course gave him a big edge — he outdrove playing partners Kuchar and Vijay Singh by 80 yards to make birdie at the par-four second — but the winner was more pleased about his short game. "The putter has been lacking a little bit," said Johnson, who won for the first time in 2011 after four top-four results including runner-up finishes at the British Open and WGC-Cadillac Championship. "This week I finally rolled in some putts." The 27-year-old Ryder Cup player said practice was paying off for him. "I've been working hard on my putting, not necessarily making putts but getting it started on line, because I read the greens very well," said Johnson. FedExCup playoffs "You can't control whether the ball goes in but you can control where you start it. I've just been working on starting it where I'm looking." Five successful birdie putts on the front nine yesterday, including one from 30 feet, fell in for Johnson as he battled against Kuchar in the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs. The highlight of the winner's round was an eagle two at the par-four fourth. With forward tees making it a 314-yard hole, Johnson belted his tee shot into a greenside bunker and then holed out. He said it was the first time he had been in sand all week. "I didn't know what to expect," he said. "But to me it seems like the harder the shots, the better I hit it. "It wasn't an easy bunker shot. I hit a pretty good follow through and it came out just right and went in the hole." The win was Johnson's fifth on the US Tour, the most by any current players under the age of 30. Lacking thus far is a major championship crown, although Johnson has come agonisingly close — at the 2010 US Open and US PGA Championship, and in this year's British Open. A victory at this year's PGA led some to acclaim Keegan Bradley, 25, as the best young American player, and Johnson was asked how that made him feel. "I don't care. I play golf. I don't really read the press too much," he said. "It doesn't really matter. I think I'm a pretty good, young American player." — Reuters

Dzeko hits four as City crush Spurs Posted: 28 Aug 2011 07:33 AM PDT LONDON, Aug 28 — Edin Dzeko and Manchester City continued their superb start to the season when the Bosnian striker bagged four goals in a vastly confident 5-1 win at a shell-shocked Tottenham Hotspur today. Debutant Samir Nasri was the architect of the first two goals as Roberto Mancini's expensively-assembled side made it three wins out of three and took over at the top of the Premier League pending Manchester United hosting Arsenal later. Former Arsenal midfielder Nasri had already gone close himself twice before putting in a perfect left-wing cross for Dzeko (picture) to prod home on 34 minutes. Dzeko, who struggled when he arrived last season but has scored in every league game so far this term, netted again seven minutes later with an expert header from another Nasri ball from the left. Dzeko's close-range third and Sergio Aguero scoring with aplomb underlined City's title aspirations before Spurs, beaten to a Champions League spot by the visitors last term, netted through Younes Kaboul. Chelsea target Luka Modric was booed by his own Spurs fans and their mood darkened further when Dzeko bent in a brilliant fourth in injury time. In the other early kickoff, striker Leon Best scored twice in Newcastle United's 2-1 home win over Fulham. — Reuters

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‘The Help’ shines again at top of box office Posted: 28 Aug 2011 09:03 AM PDT LOS ANGELES, Aug 28 — The hard-working maids of "The Help" beat three new releases to win the North American box office on a weekend dampened by Hurricane Irene, according to studio estimates released today. "The Help," an inspirational film about black housekeepers in Civil Rights-era Mississippi, hung on to the No. 1 spot for the second straight weekend with US$14.3 million (RM42.9 million) in US and Canadian ticket sales, distributor Walt Disney Co said. Action movie "Columbiana" finished second with US$10.3 million while horror flick "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" took third place with US$8.7 million. Box-office sales were pressured by Hurricane Irene, which forced the closure of theatres in big markets such as New York and kept moviegoers at home along a broad stretch of the East Coast. TriStar Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp, released "Columbiana." "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" was distributed by FilmDistrict. — Reuters

Future of 3D awaits Scorsese and Spielberg films Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, Aug 28 — Three of out four films released in the US last weekend were in 3D (the kids movie Spy Kids 4, the reboot of the vampire story Fright Night and the action film Conan the Barbarian). But none won over audiences from the 2D period drama The Help. The soft response to 3D overall this year leads some to speculate that the novelty has worn off, at least in the US. With international releases, four out of five top films are in 3D, including the number-one film, The Smurfs. Just two years ago, multiple 3D films could not be released at the same time, but after digitizing cinemas, theatres can now handle up to four at the same time, even if demand is not there. According to Entertainment Weekly, attendance in 3D theatres has been dropping, which it suggests may be due to the surcharge or the darker imagery of converted film, such as Green Lantern. Also, it claims that no summer blockbusters required 3D, including the Harry Potter finale, with 2D tickets outselling 3D. This fall, upcoming blockbusters in 3D directed by film visionaries Martin Scorsese, with Hugo, and Steven Spielberg, with his Adventures of Tintin, may prove skeptics wrong. The new Three Musketeers and Tarsem Singh's Immortals may follow in the Clash of the Titans model of muddiness and cliché shots of swords shoved at cameras. About 67% of the worldwide box office for Clash was outside the US, underscoring the international embrace of 3D. Animated films seem obliged to release in 3D, including upcoming sequels from Happy Feet and Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Puss in Boots. Horror films follow the same idea with films like Piranha 3DD. Also, in 2012, several films may create a resurgence of 3D, including Ridley Scott's Prometheus, Peter Jackson's The Hobbit, and the new Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Even the first 3D porn feature, Sex & Zen, released last weekend, may add a dimension to the format, but not at the box office. — afprelaxnews.com

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Top 10 places with bad public art Posted: 28 Aug 2011 07:28 AM PDT Visitors can look directly up "Forever Marilyn's" skirt. — Reuters pic LONDON, Aug 28 — Whether publicly funded or privately obtained public art can be as controversial as it is indefinable. Members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com have some very strong opinions which helped them come up with the top 10 pieces of bad public art. Reuters has not endorsed this list. 1. "Forever Marilyn" Seward Johnson; Chicago, Illinois Detractors have found so many things to criticise about this work that it's hard to know where to start: its 7.9-metre scale, its impropriety given that the movie to which it pays tribute is set in New York, and its perceived crudeness given that viewers are able to look directly up the screen siren's dress. Luckily, she'll only be there until 2012. Sculptures of dairy cows painted in the colours of the flags of EU member states stand in a meadow outside Zurich. — Reuters pic 2. "Cow Parade" — Certainly these painted fibreglass cows had a certain charm when they first started popping up unexpectedly in various cities, but now it seems the world has had its fill. A few too many incarnations of this idea changed admiration to contempt. 3. Mary Tyler Moore Statue; Minneapolis, Minnesota Perhaps the real Mary Tyler Moore can turn the world on with her smile, but this statue certainly can't. Looking more like a woman spinning a basketball on her finger than one throwing her hat in the air, she might not even be identifiable were it not for the plaque at the base. 4. "Lifesaver" Niki de Saint Phalle; Duisburg, Germany It seems the only nice word critics of this piece are willing to use is "bright." Unfortunately there are other words they also use to describe this hard-to-figure-out, multi-coloured, frenetic piece. 5. "The Calling" Mark di Suvero; Milwaukee, Wisconsin The subject of debate for many, many reasons, these orange beams of steel inspire a "Really?" in many who view it. Said to represent both the sun as well as the grit of workers who built the town, its simplicity engenders more criticism than praise. 6. "Winkler Prins Monument" Anthony Winkler Prins; Amsterdam Resembling a screw without a top, this giant pole has about as much charm as well, a screw without a top. Constructed in 1970, the towering cylinder of 54 stacked disks is a blight against the graceful trees by which it resides. Mary Tyler Moore meets Mary Tyler Moore. — Reuters pic 7. "Magic Carpet Ride" ("Cardiff Kook") Matthew Antichevich; Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California This lovely California beach town takes great pride in its extraordinary ocean views, making it all the more peculiar that residents would allow something like this bronze surfer dude to remain in their midst. Having become something of a local joke the statue is constantly being dressed up to resemble everything from Vincent Van Gogh to Uncle Sam. 8. "Caliope" Joe Slusky; Berkeley, California Difficult though it may be to believe, this tribute to the 1980s aesthetic actually used to be an even bigger eyesore. The geometric pieces that make up the work and are painted in purples, reds, and yellows, used to be painted with smaller geometric shapes in equally outdated tones. Thank goodness for progress. 9. "Monument With Standing Beast" Jean Dubuffet; Chicago This ten-tonne behemoth is said to represent an animal, a portal, a tree, and an architectural form, but to some it just represents bad taste. 10. Bewitched Statue; Salem, Massachusetts The 2.7 metre bronze makes actress Elizabeth Montgomery look almost greasy. Interestingly criticism of the piece ignited long before it was installed as Salem residents objected to a statue of a witch being erected in a place where people were once killed for purported witchcraft. — Reuters

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Taxi! Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:18 PM PDT AUG 28 — When I first arrived in Hong Kong, riding the taxi was a luxury. I was amazed that there were people who took the taxi to and from work daily. Fresh from Kuala Lumpur then, where the flag fall was RM2, Hong Kong's flag fall of HK$18 (RM7.20 three years ago) seemed really expensive. These days though, I have become a regular commuter. The summer heat coupled with an increasingly heavy belly and overly regular hospital visits (eight in August alone) while juggling school runs mean the taxi has become a necessity. Also we have reasoned that taking a taxi every day would work out cheaper than maintaining a car. So I have a thing to say about a recent accolade bestowed upon the city's taxis: third best in the world, based on a survey of 5,000 travellers from 23 countries by Hotels.com. Hong Kong's taxis voted third best in the world. New York and London came in first and second for the fourth year in a row but this is Hong Kong's first time surfacing in the poll's top 10. Tourists crowned HK taxi drivers the best in geographical knowledge of the city and cleanliness. New York cabbies were rated the worst for geographical knowledge. Is it true? Do the taxis here live up to the lofty title? Yes. It is amazing how they can find almost any location you mention – providing it is in Cantonese. Of course, if you are a tourist in search of touristy destinations, English is not a problem. For instance, when I jump into a taxi, I just have to say the name of my apartment complex and the driver will immediately respond with the district it is located in to confirm the destination. How cool is that? They will also get you there by the fastest route, and will know this via their inner GPS. The driver will even offer you a choice of routes or inform you if there is a traffic jam along a particular stretch. This information has been true in my experience. Improved services have been attributed to higher fares and younger and better educated drivers. Drivers now earn between HK$400 and HK$500 a day compared to HK$200 during the 2008 financial crisis. Back in KL, I and I'm sure many others, set out expecting to be ripped off by the driver. We eye the meter warily, waiting for a sudden jump in fare or numbers that are running too fast. Or worse, find the driver taking an excruciatingly long detour. I found myself doing just this initially but here I don't even think twice when a driver suggests a particular route. Here, there is almost no cause for such worry. First of all, by law, a taxi driver is not allowed to refuse a passenger so long as the destination is within the taxi's boundary*. Overcharging HK residents is uncommon; we tend to complain to the authorities. Tourists boarding taxis at the airport are the more likely victims of overcharging. It can be confusing to a newcomer to add up the metered fare with tunnel charges and luggage fee. A small fee also applies to strollers (See "Good to know: #2"). If a driver overcharges a passenger, he would have committed an offence and will be liable to a maximum fine of HK$10,000 and a jail term of six months. The passenger may lodge a report with the police or the Transport Complaints Unit hotline. And if you're thinking that you will be flying out of the country in a few days and think it will be a waste of time to lodge a report, the police will keep in touch with progress reports. Should there be an investigation, the tourist may be required to return to Hong Kong at the government's expense to give evidence. How's that for a free holiday? Another reason for drivers here to take their work seriously is the cost of owning a license and the steep monthly rental. Earlier this year the cost of buying a taxi and license reached HK$5.13million**, almost the same as a small apartment. Car rental is about HK$15,000 a month. New licenses have not been issued since 1994, capping the number of taxis at 18,138. Hence it is in the driver's best interest to avoid committing traffic offences, overcharging or refusing to take a passenger to avoid having his license suspended. So in what instance would I choose to catch a bus instead of a taxi? I mean, saving money aside (a trip to Central would cost only HK$4.70 by bus from my home and HK$90 by taxi). Well, I would advise those with motion sickness to be prepared for the worst – drivers here are notorious for their penchant to step hard on the brake, sending the car lurching forward. They drive fast, then brake suddenly, speed up again, brake – all within a short distance. Add to this the winding. hilly roads and you'll be saying goodbye to your lunch. I've learned to say "I feel like throwing up, please drive slowly" as soon as I board and that has often ensured a smoother ride. While I am partial to catching the bus, I love the little red circle "For Hire" flag on the taxi's dashboard. It is easily spotted a distance away, doing away with needless squinting to see if the taxi already has a passenger. *Good to know: There are red, blue and green taxis. At present there are 18,138 taxis in Hong Kong, of which 15,250 are urban taxis (red), 2,838 are New Territories taxis (green) and 50 are Lantau taxis (blue). All three serve the airport. The current flag fall for red taxis is HK$20; blue taxis HK$15 and green taxis HK$16.50. See here (http://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/public_transport/taxi/taxi_fare_of_hong_kong/#) for a fare table. There is also a schedule of estimated fares at the taxi stand at Chek Lap Kok airport. Passengers are handed a card with a hotline number to lodge complaints. Always ask for a receipt. This will come in handy should you wish to lodge a report or retrieve a lost item left in the taxi. It would be helpful to get a local friend or hotel concierge to provide the Cantonese name for the street or building you wish to get to. The Transport Complaints Unit hotline is +852-28899999. ** Source: http://topics.scmp.com/news/hk-news-watch/article/Investors-queue-up-for-HK5m-taxi-ride * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

SAPS: Boon or bane? Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:12 PM PDT AUG 28 — If a teacher you know has been a little bit curt and short-tempered with you these past few weeks, don't worry. It's not you. It's SAPS. The Sistem Analisis Peperiksaan Sekolah (SAPS) or the web-based school assessment system is one of the Ministry of Education's National Key Results Area (NKRA). It was introduced recently to help the ministry monitor the academic performance of pupils and students enrolled in schools all over Malaysia. My colleagues and I were briefed about the system recently. It is interesting to note that this new system is similar to the one we teachers had been using all this while in Johor. After each monthly test or exam, each class teacher would be required to key in the marks for all the pupils in their class. At least, that is how it is done at my school. Using the aforementioned software which is distributed by the Johor state education department, each school must ensure that the all exam-related data is keyed in before being compiled by the school's exam coordinator for exam analysis purposes. Although the process is a bit tedious since teachers would have to key in the raw data first, it helps with the exam analysis afterwards and does make our job easier. Now, I can just print the analysis for each class and see their progress without having to manually calculate the numbers myself like I had to before. The main difference between the two is that the one we use in Johor is not web-based. This means that teachers can complete the data entry on their own computers and without having to rely on a sketchy system or hope for a stable Internet connection to get the job done. Not all teachers have a reliable Internet connection at school or at home and even if we do at home, it is paid out of our pocket. We do not get a special Internet allowance to complete the work bestowed upon us by the good people from the Ministry. So while I do understand and see the good benefits from the SAPS, having used a similar system myself, I do wonder why such an unstable system is used by the ministry when a better version could have been developed first before being rolled out for teachers all over Malaysia. Not only that, there are also security issues seeing that the website is not encrypted even though it contains sensitive information such as pupils' birth certificate numbers. Using the SAPS today brought me a lot of headache and heartache. For some reason unbeknownst to me, the data from the software cannot be imported into the system. This means I would have to do the same job twice and key the data in again into the SAPS, seeing that I had already completed the data entry for the software earlier this month. The SAPS requires the subject teachers to key in marks for all the tests and exams that had taken place this year. Since my school has had two monthly tests (March and July) as well as the mid-year exam last May, this means keying three different marks for each class. For the Year Six, although they didn't sit for a monthly test in July, I still would need to do the data entry for the UPSR trial exam. So in total, as I had keyed the marks in for four classes, totalling 544 times, doing it twice would mean having to do it 1,088 times. With each class taking me about six minutes, the task should be completed in about half an hour. The truth is it took me longer than that, mainly because the website wasn't stable and crashed a lot. I had no problem logging in and getting to the page where the data was to be inputted. The problem was actually sending the data over. My patience was severely tested during the 10-hour episode of "Me against the SAPS." Like a cranky child, the website could suddenly decide to throw a tantrum. It would stop responding and crash in the middle of processing the data I had just keyed in. This happened countless times and had me so frustrated because it meant I had to redo it all over again. I think I died a little bit inside each time I saw the marks I had painstakingly typed in before had vanished into the tangled web of the World Wide Web. By right, they should have been stored into the system but since the website crashed, obviously that didn't happen. Since even wailing to the gods wouldn't bring them back, I had no choice but to key the marks in again. This happened several times and at one point, I got so fed-up that I actually left the site to watch some funny videos on YouTube instead (have you seen "Epic Rap Battles of History"? That is some quality entertainment). It took me about 10 hours just to finish the data entry for all four classes, not including procrastinating of course. In my defence, the procrastination and funny videos were absolutely necessary to keep my sanity in check. It took everything in me to not quit and just plough through the many challenges I faced just so I could finish and be done with the dratted website. Now that the work has been completed, I know for sure I can sleep soundly tonight. I must say that those who used the website during its earlier days have had it worse than me. It seems to work better now and I really must give credit to the ministry for taking the necessary steps to improve the quality of the SAPS. I do however hope that the next time we teachers have to use it, which will be in a couple of months, the SAPS would be more stable and will cause us less headache because quite honestly, we teachers don't really need more drama in our lives! * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

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Isteri disimbah asid, suami dicampak tepi jalan Posted: 28 Aug 2011 01:13 AM PDT ALOR SETAR, 28 Ogos — Seorang wanita melecur kira-kira 20 peratus pada bahagian muka, leher, mata dan dada akibat disimbah asid oleh dua lelaki dalam kejadian samun di Guar Chempedak dekat Yan malam tadi. Ketua Polis Daerah Kota Setar Asisten Komisioner Adzaman Mohd Jan berkata, kejadian itu berlaku kira-kira pukul 11 malam apabila kereta Proton Waja yang dinaiki Rosnani Husin, 53, bersama suaminya dipercayai ditahan oleh dua lelaki yang tidak dikenali di sebuah stesen minyak di Kota Sarang Semut dekat sini. Katanya, dua lelaki terbabit berpura-pura mahu menumpang kereta mangsa disebabkan kereta mereka kehabisan minyak dan suami mangsa bersetuju menumpangkan kedua-dua suspek menuju ke Jalan Baru melalui Jalan Permatang Buluh, Kota Sarang Semut. "Ketika dalam perjalanan suspek, dikatakan mengacu pisau kepada kedua-dua mangsa dan mengikat kaki dan tangan suami mangsa sebelum mencampakkannya di tepi jalan di Jalan Baru, Bukit Besar. "Kira-kira 50 kilometer dari tempat suami mangsa dicampak, suspek memberhentikan kereta (berdekatan Guar Chempedak) lalu menyimbah asid ke muka mangsa sebelum beredar dari tempat kejadian," katanya dipetik Bernama Online. Suami mangsa dijumpai orang awam dalam keadaan kaki dan tangan berikat manakala mangsa dan kereta yang ditinggalkan ditemui Polis Guar Chempedak. Jumlah kerugian yang dialami pasangan suami isteri terbabit belum dikenal pasti. Adzaman berkata, kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 394 Kanun Keseksaan iaitu samun berkawan dengan mendatangkan kecederaan. Mangsa kemudiannya dibawa ke Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah (HSB) di sini untuk menerima rawatan. Pengarah HSB Dr Juita Ghazali ketika dihubungi berkata, mangsa dirawat di Unit Rawatan Kebakaran dan dalam keadaan stabil. Mangsa terpaksa menggunakan alat bantuan pernafasan kerana menghadapi masalah paru-paru disebabkan terhidu asid yang terkena padanya. Suami mangsa ketika ditemui pemberita di HSB enggan ditemu ramah kerana masih trauma dengan kejadian yang menimpa isterinya itu.

Libya: Muammar tawar runding peralihan kuasa Posted: 28 Aug 2011 12:42 AM PDT TRIPOLI, 28 Ogos - Pemimpin Libya Muammar Gaddafi menyatakan kesediaan untuk berunding mengenai peralihan kuasa, demikian menurut jurucakapnya hari ini. Jurucakap itu memberitahu sebuah agensi berita bahawa perundingan akan diketuai oleh salah seorang anak Muammar, Saadi. Pejuang-pejuang pemberontak kini menguasai kebanyakan kawasan di Libya termasuk ibu negara Tripoli. Muammar dipercayai masih bersembunyi di ibu negara Libya sejak ia jadi sasaran pemberontak. Laporan BBC menyebut tawaran terbaru ini satu lagi helah Muammar dan pengikutnya.

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