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="";
			tambElem +=(items.length > 0)?'<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">':'';
			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 +='<tr>';
				tambElem +=(image)?'<th>':'';
				tambElem +=(image)?'<img src="'+path+image+'" alt="'+title+'" />':'';
				tambElem +=(image)?'</th><td>':'<td colspan="2">';
				tambElem +='<small>'+date+'</small><h3>'+title+'</h3>';
				tambElem +='<p>'+event+'</p>';
				tambElem +='</td></tr>';
			//	alert(items[z].getElementsByTagName('date'))
			}
			tambElem +=(items.length > 0)?'</table>':'';
			//alert(tambElem)
			//document.getElementById("plist").appendChild(tambElem)
			document.getElementById("newsbox").innerHTML = tambElem;
	}
	
	function clearContents(){
		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])
		}
	}