var xmlHttpNews

function getLatestNews(str)
{
/*if (str.length==0)
  { 
  document.getElementById("txtPackage").innerHTML="";
  return;
  }
*/
//alert(str);
xmlHttpNews=GetxmlHttpNewsObject();
if (xmlHttpNews==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
  return;
  } 
var urlNews='getNews.asp';
xmlHttpNews.onreadystatechange=stateChangedAlphabet;
xmlHttpNews.open("GET",urlNews,true);
xmlHttpNews.send(null);
} 

function stateChangedAlphabet() 
{ 
if (xmlHttpNews.readyState==4)
{ 
document.getElementById("txtnews").innerHTML=xmlHttpNews.responseText;
}
}

function GetxmlHttpNewsObject()
{
var xmlHttpNews=null;
try
  {
  // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
  xmlHttpNews=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
catch (e)
  {
  // Internet Explorer
  try
    {
    xmlHttpNews=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.xmlHttp");
    }
  catch (e)
    {
    xmlHttpNews=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.xmlHttp");
    }
  }
return xmlHttpNews;
}