var getData
	var category = 0;
	var numOfItem = 8;

	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+' '+numOfItem)
			var tambElem="";
			var inum = (items.length < numOfItem)?items.length:numOfItem;
			for(z = 0; z < inum; 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('link');
				var link =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';
				
				if(z > 0)
					tambElem += '<p class="bar"><img src="images/news_bar.gif" alt="bar" /><p>';
				
				tambElem += "<h3>"+date+"</h3><h2>"+title+"</h2><p>"+event+"</p>";
				
				if(link != '')
					tambElem += "<a href=\""+link+"\">more</a>";
				//alert(items[z].getElementsByTagName('date'))
			}
			//alert(tambElem)
			//document.getElementById("plist").appendChild(tambElem)
			document.getElementById("newsarea").innerHTML = tambElem;
	}
	
	function clearContents(){
		var childs = document.getElementById("newsarea").childNodes;
		var l = childs.length;
		//alert(l)
		for(var i =0; i < l ; i++)
		{
			document.getElementById("newsarea").removeChild(childs[0])
		}
	}