var getData
	var category = 0;
	var path = 'images/news/';
	
	function getXML(url)
	{
		var a = Math.random()*100;
		//alert(a)
		sendRequest(url, readXML, 'GET', a);
	}
	function readXML(req)
	{
		
		getData = req.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('events');
		createList()
	}

	
	function createList()
	{
			clearContents()
			var items = getData[0].getElementsByTagName('item');
			//alert(items.length)
			var tambElem="";
			for(z = 0; z < items.length; z++)
			{
				
				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('date');
				var date =(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('event');
				var event =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';
				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('image');
				var image =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';
				
				tambElem +='<div id="cmsnews">';
				tambElem +=(image)?'<table width="480" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td valign="top">':'';
				tambElem +=(image)?'<img src="'+path+image+'" alt="'+title+'" class="cmsimg" />':'';
				tambElem +=(image)?'</td><td width="350" valign="top">':'';
				tambElem +=(image)?'<h4>'+date+'</h4><h3>'+title+'</h3>':'<h4>'+date+'</h4><h3>'+title+'</h3>';
				tambElem +=(image)?'<p>'+event+'</p>':'<p>'+event+'</p>';
				tambElem +=(image)?'</td></tr></table>':'';
				tambElem +='</div>';
			//	alert(items[z].getElementsByTagName('date'))
			}
			//alert(tambElem)
			//document.getElementById("plist").appendChild(tambElem)
			document.getElementById("news").innerHTML = tambElem;
	}
	
	function clearContents(){
		var childs = document.getElementById("news").childNodes;
		var l = childs.length;
		//alert(l)
		for(var i =0; i < l ; i++)
		{
			document.getElementById("news").removeChild(childs[0])
		}
	}