var xmlhttp = false;

//check for IE
try {
  xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e) {
  try {
	  xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	} catch (E) {
	  xmlhttp = false;
	}
}

if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
  xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}

function makerequest(serverPage, objID) {
  var obj = document.getElementById(objID);
	xmlhttp.open("GET", serverPage);
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
	  if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
		  obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
		}
	}
	xmlhttp.send(null);
}

function getNews(area, output) {
  
  page = '/process/processGetNews2.csc?location='+area;
  makerequest(page, output);
  
  return false;
}