function showNews() {
  if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    var r = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else {
    var r = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
  
  r.onreadystatechange = function () {
    var nf = document.getElementById('newsframe'); 
    try {
      if(r.readyState == 4) {
        if(r.status == 200) {
          nf.innerHTML = r.responseText;
        } else {
          // nf.innerHTML = r.status;
        }  
      }
    } catch(e) { 
      // nf.innerHTML = e;
    }
  }
  r.open('GET', '/newsframe.html', true);
  r.send(null); 
}