var xmlDoc;
var docname = "news.xml";
var doctype = "unknown";

function loadXML()
{
// IE
if (window.ActiveXObject)
  {
  xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
  xmlDoc.async=false;
  xmlDoc.load(docname);
  doctype = "Microsoft.XMLDOM";
  showFeed();
  }
// other browsers
else if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument)
  {
  xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
  xmlDoc.load(docname);
  doctype = "XML Doc";
  xmlDoc.onload=showFeed;
  }
else
  {
  alert('Your browser cannot display the news items!');
  }
}

function showFeed()
{
  var maxitems = 5
  var newsBody = ""
  var titlelist = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title");
  
  for(i = 0; i < maxitems; i++)
  {
    newsBody=newsBody+titlelist[i].firstChild.nodeValue+"<br><br>";     
  }
  document.getElementById("news").innerHTML=newsBody;
}

function decodeA(encrypted)
{
  decoded = "";
  for(i = 0; i < (encrypted.length); i++)
    {      
    decoded = decoded + String.fromCharCode(encrypted.charCodeAt(i)-3); 
    }
  return decoded;  
}