window.onload = function()
{
  var httpreq;
  var links;
  var ul, li, a;
  var date;

  ul = document.getElementById("other_news");

  if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
    httpreq = new XMLHttpRequest();
  else
  {
    try
    {
      httpreq = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0");
    }
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    {
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    }
    catch (e) {}
    try
    {
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    }
    catch (e) {}
    try
    {
      httpreq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
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  {
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    {
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      {
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        a = document.createElement("a");
        date = document.createTextNode(links[i].getElementsByTagName("date")[0].firstChild.nodeValue + " - ");

	li.setAttribute("class", "news");

        a.href = links[i].getElementsByTagName("url")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
        a.innerHTML = links[i].getElementsByTagName("headline")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
	a.target = "_blank";

        li.appendChild(date);
        li.appendChild(a);
        ul.appendChild(li);
      }
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}