var oDv=document.createElement("div");
 var newsimg=document.getElementById('loadingnews');
 var http_request = false;
 function getNews(nid) {
      newsimg.style.visibility = 'visible';
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
      } 
      else {
         http_request = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
      }
      http_request.onreadystatechange = showNews;
      var url = "scripts/getnews.php?nid=" + nid + '&nocatch=' + Math.random();
      http_request.open('GET', url, true);
      http_request.send(null);
   }
   function showNews() {
     if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
       if (http_request.status == 200) {
       newsimg.style.visibility = 'hidden';
       oDv.className ='dvnews';
       if (document.all){
       	   oDv.style.left=((document.body.clientWidth/2)-120) + 'px';
       	   oDv.style.top=((document.body.clientHeight/2)-100) + 'px';
       	   }
       else{
           oDv.style.left='400px';
       	   oDv.style.top='200px';
       	   }	  
	    oDv.style.position='absolute';	      
        oDv.innerHTML=http_request.responseText;
        oDv.style.visibility='visible';
        document.body.appendChild(oDv);
       }
       else {
           alert('There was a problem.');
       }
     }
  }
  function hideN()
{
   oDv.style.visibility='hidden';
}