function startLatestTimer(){
$.ajax({
url :'/en_US/xml/gen/latestnews.xml',
type :'GET',
dataType :'xml',
timeout :1000,
error : function() {
//alert('Error loading XML document');
},
success : function(xml) {
onLatestResponse(xml)
}
});
}
function latestLoopTimer() {
startLatestTimer();
setInterval('startLatestTimer()',newsRefresh);
}
startLatestTimer(latestLoopTimer)
function onLatestResponse(xmlDoc) {
//if(latestAjax.checkReadyState() == "success") {
//var xmlDoc = latestAjax.request.responseXML;
var entryNodes = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("article");
//alert(entryNodes.length);
var headline = '';
var link = '';
var latestHTML = '';
if (entryNodes.length > 0) {
latestHTML+='<ul>';
//add new entries
for (i=0;i<entryNodes.length;i++) {
entryData = entryNodes.item(i).childNodes;
entryCell = '';
headline = '';
link = '';
for (var j=0; j<entryData.length; j++){
switch(entryData.item(j).nodeName){
case "headline": headline = entryData.item(j).hasChildNodes() ? entryData.item(j).firstChild.nodeValue : ""; break;
case "link": link = entryData.item(j).hasChildNodes() ? entryData.item(j).firstChild.nodeValue : ""; break;
default:break;
}
} 
if (link != ""){
entryCell += '<li><a href="' + link + '" target="_top">' + headline + '</a></li>';
}
else{
entryCell += '<li>' + headline + "</li>";
}
//logTable.rows[i].cells[0].innerHTML = entryCell;
latestHTML+=entryCell;
}
latestHTML+='</ul>';
document.getElementById('tabLatestNewsContent').innerHTML = latestHTML;
} 
//}
}