function loadXMLDoc(dname) 
{
try //Internet Explorer
  {
  xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
  }
catch(e)
  {
  try //Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
    {
    xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
    }
  catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
  }
try 
  {
  xmlDoc.async=false;
  xmlDoc.load(dname);
  return(xmlDoc);
  }
catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
return(null);
}

function scriviNewsInHomePage()
{
	xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("http://www.cittadini.com/writable/news.xml");
	var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('item'); 
	var pubDate = '';
	var title = '';
	var description = ''; 
	
	for (j=0;j < x[0].childNodes.length;j++) 
	 {  
		  if (x[0].childNodes[j].nodeName == "pubDate")
			puDate = x[0].childNodes[j].firstChild.nodeValue + "";
		  if (x[0].childNodes[j].nodeName == "title")
			title = x[0].childNodes[j].firstChild.nodeValue + "";
		  if (x[0].childNodes[j].nodeName == "description")
			description = x[0].childNodes[j].firstChild.nodeValue + "";	  
	 } 
	var primaNewsHTML = "<h4>" + title + "</h4><p>" + description + "</p>";	
	document.write(primaNewsHTML);
}