function getNews(str)
{
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
	if (xmlHttp==null)
	{
		alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
		return
	} 
	var url="showNews.php"
	params="newsID="+str
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function () 
	{ 
		if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
		{ 
			document.getElementById("showNews").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText
		}
		else
		{
			document.getElementById("showNews").innerHTML="<img src=loader.gif>";
		}
		
	}
	xmlHttp.open("POST",url,true);
	xmlHttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	xmlHttp.setRequestHeader("Content-length", params.length);
	xmlHttp.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
	xmlHttp.send(params)
}


function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
	var xmlHttp=null;
	try
	{
		xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	catch (e)
	{
		try
		{
			xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		}
		catch (e)
		{
			xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		}
	 }
	return xmlHttp;
}