function init_xmlHttp()
{
  var xmlHttp;
  try
  {xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();}
  catch (e){
    try
    {xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");}
    catch (e){
      try
      {xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");}
      catch (e){
        alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
        return false;
      }
    }
  }
  return xmlHttp;
}

function initiate_loader(container) {
  var xmlHttpO = init_xmlHttp();
  xmlHttpO.onreadystatechange = function() {
                                  if(xmlHttpO.readyState == 4 ) {
                                    if(xmlHttpO.status != 404)
                                      $(container).html(xmlHttpO.responseText);
                                    else
                                        alert("failure");

                                  }
                                }
                                
  return xmlHttpO;
}

function load_news(url, container){
  var loader = initiate_loader(container);
  loader.open("GET",url,true);
  loader.send(null);
}