var newsarr = new Array();
var newslen = 0;
var timeid;
var curnews = 0;
var file = "http://www.rareearthdevelopers.com/news_events.xml";
try
{
	xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
	xmlDoc.async=false;
	xmlDoc.load(file);
}
catch(e)
{
	try
	{
		xmlDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
		xmlDoc.async=false;
	    xmlDoc.load(file);
	}
	catch(e)
	{
		try //Google Chrome
        {
           var xmlhttp = new window.XMLHttpRequest();
           xmlhttp.open("GET",file,false);
           xmlhttp.send(null);
           xmlDoc = xmlhttp.responseXML.documentElement;
        }
        catch(e)
	    {
		    alert(e.message);
	    }
	}
}
try
{
//	xmlDoc.async=false;
//	xmlDoc.load("news_events.xml");
//	alert ("Ready");
	news = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("news");
	disp = "";
	newslen = news.length;
	for(i=0;i<news.length;i++)
	{
//		alert (news[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
//		disp = disp.concat(news[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
//		disp = disp.concat("<br /><br />");
		newsarr[i] = news[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
	}
	timeid = setTimeout("changeNews()", 5000); // 5 Seconds

//	document.getElementById("idnews_events").className = "text12";
//	alert (disp);
}
catch(e)
{
	alert (e.message);
}

function changeNews()
{
	document.getElementById("idnews_events").innerHTML = newsarr[curnews];
	if ( curnews >= newslen - 1)
		curnews = 0;
	else
		curnews++;
	timeid = setTimeout("changeNews()", 6000);
}