function loadNews(url) {
	xmlhttp=null;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest){// code for Firefox, Opera, IE7, etc.
  		xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  	}else if (window.ActiveXObject){// code for IE6, IE5
  		xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  	}
	if(xmlhttp!=null){
  		xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=replace_content;
  		xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
  		xmlhttp.send(null);
  	}else{
  		alert("Your browser does not support XMLHTTP.");
 	}
}

function replace_content(){
	if (xmlhttp.readyState==4){// 4 = "loaded"
  		if (xmlhttp.status==200){// 200 = "OK"
    		document.getElementById('middle_section').innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
				self.parent.tb_init('a.thickbox, area.thickbox, input.thickbox');
  		}else{
    		alert("Problem retrieving data:" + xmlhttp.statusText);
   		}
	}
}