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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 2001
Page
10
A four inch chocolate bar from Capt. Robert F. Scott’s 1901 1904 Antarctic expedition sold for 686 dollars at a polar themed auction. The bar was part of a 3500 pound load Scott carried. Amundsen first reached the pole on December 11, 1911. The buyer’s name was not released.
Archaeologists report crude stone tools in the Nihewan Basin implying human occupation of north China as early as 1.36 million years ago, the region's northernmost limit at 40 degrees latitude near Beijing. Findings, published in Nature, indicate hunters followed game routes, with gazelle and horse-like bones unearthed alongside tools.
Poland’s Democratic Left Alliance led with 41 percent in the parliamentary vote but fell short of a Sejm majority. Civic Platform backed by Leszek Miller emerged as a potential partner. Solidarity failed to win seats while the Senate saw 75 seats for the winners.
In Vienna OPEC delegates halted informal talks and gave no decision on output. The group postponed formal policy talks until Thursday and signaled no change to production levels this week amid pressure to lift crude prices without hurting the world economy.
President Putin offered 72 hours for talks on disarming Chechen rebels but no rebel leaders appeared. Chechen rebel Aslan Maskhadov welcomed the plan and appointed Akhmed Zakayev as envoy, while Viktor Kazantsev worked with pro Kremlin officials to organize disarmament talks. No rebels have laid down weapons or agreed to talks, ITAR-Tass reported.
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