var getDataNEWS

	var noPhotoNews = 'images/news_media/nophoto_s.gif'

	function getXMLNEWS(url)

	{

		var a = 'd='+ Math.random()*100;

		//alert(a)

		sendRequest(url, readXMLNEWS, 'GET', a);

	}

	function readXMLNEWS(req)

	{

		

		getDataNEWS = req.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('news');

		//alert('a');

		createListNEWS('')

	}



	

	function createListNEWS(getRegion)

	{

			clearContentsNEWS()

			var items = getDataNEWS[0].getElementsByTagName('item');

			//alert(items.length)

			

			var tambElem="";

			for(z = 0; z < items.length; z++)

			{

				var p = Math.floor(z / numOfItem) * numOfItem;

				

				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('id');

				var id =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';

				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('date');

				var date =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';

				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('region');

				var region =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';

				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('title');

				var title =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';

				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('bodytext');

				var bodytext =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';

				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('thumbpath');

				if(n[0].hasChildNodes()){

					var image =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';

				}else{

					var image = noPhotoNews;

				}

				

				if(getRegion == '' || getRegion == region || (getRegion == 4 && region == 6)){

					

					/* output layout format 

					<table>

						<tr>

							<th><img src="images/p1.png" alt="photo1" /></th>

							<td><small>2009-01-11 Region: Japan</small>

								<h4>WFC Superiority: Shake Table Test Weathers 200% of the Kobe Earthquake</h4>

								<p>On September 25th Canada Wood conducted a full scale shake table test of a 3-storey post and beam...</p>

							</td>

						</tr>

					</table>

					*/

					

					

					

					tambElem +='<tr>';

					tambElem +='<th><a href="news_media.php?cnum='+p+'#'+id+'"><img src="'+image+'" alt="'+title+'" /></a></th>';

					tambElem +='<td>';

					tambElem +='<small>'+date+' '+country[region]+'</small>';

					tambElem +='<h4><a href="news_media.php?cnum='+p+'#'+id+'">'+title+'</a></h4>';

					tambElem +='<p>'+bodytext+'</p>';

					tambElem +='</td></tr>';

				}

			//	alert(items[z].getElementsByTagName('date'))

			}

			var tableElem ='';

			

			if(tambElem != ''){

				tableElem = '<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">'+tambElem+'</table>';

			}else{

				if(getRegion)

					tableElem = '<h3>There are no news items currently posted for this region</h3>';

				else

					tableElem = '<h3>There are no news items currently posted.</h3>';

			}

			

			if(items.length == 0){

				tableElem = '<h3>There are no news items currently posted.</h3>';

			}

			//alert(tambElem)

			//document.getElementById("plist").appendChild(tambElem)

			document.getElementById("newsbox").innerHTML = tableElem;

	}

	

	function clearContentsNEWS(){

		var childs = document.getElementById("newsbox").childNodes;

		var l = childs.length;

		//alert(l)

		for(var i =0; i < l ; i++)

		{

			document.getElementById("newsbox").removeChild(childs[0])

		}

	}