function getNews(news_id) {
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
	if (xmlHttp==null) {
		alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
	  	return;
	} 
	
	document.getElementById("pageContainer").innerHTML="<span style=\"margin: 5px;\"><img src=\"img/ajax-loader.gif\" alt=\"Loading\" /><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Loading page...</span></span>"
	var url="JSScripts/ajax/getNews.php";
	if (news_id)
	{
		url=url+"?news_id="+news_id;	
		url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();
	}
	else
	{
		url=url+"?sid="+Math.random();
	}
		
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=getNewsStateChanged;
	xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
	xmlHttp.send(null);
}

function getNewsStateChanged() {
	if (xmlHttp.readyState==4) { 
		document.getElementById("pageContainer").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;	
	}
}