function getAjaxObject()
{
	if(typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined"){
		return new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	else{
    		try {return  new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");}
		catch (e){
    			try {return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");} 
			catch (err) {}
    		}
	}   
	return null;
}

function getTwitterNews(id)
{
	elmt = document.getElementById(id);
	ajax = getAjaxObject();
	if(ajax==null)
		return;
	ajax.onreadystatechange = function(){
        	switch(ajax.readyState){
                	case 4:
				html = "";
				xml  = ajax.responseXML;
				desc = xml.getElementsByTagName("description");
				date = xml.getElementsByTagName("pubDate");
				for(var i=0; i<date.length; i++){
					txt = date[i].textContent.split(" ");
					html += "<li><b>"+txt[0]+" "+txt[1]+" "+txt[2]+" "+txt[3]+"</b><br/>"+desc[i+1].textContent+"</li>";
				}
				elmt.innerHTML = html;
                	break;
        	}
	};
    	ajax.open("get", "/cgi-bin/twitter.cgi", 1);
    	ajax.send(null); 
}