// news ticker function
var cnt=0;			// current news item
var text = "";
var i=-1;			// current letter being typed

function newsticker()
{
	// next character of current item
	if (i < newslist[cnt][0].length - 1)
	{
		i++;
		temp1 = newslist[cnt][0];	
		temp1 = temp1.split('');	
  		text = text+temp1[i];
		link = newslist[cnt][1];	
		
		if (document.getElementById)
		{
			obj = document.getElementById("mtxt");
		}
		else
		{
			obj = mtxt;
		}
		
		if (obj)
		{
			if (link == "")
			{
				obj.innerHTML = "<small><font color='#FFFFFF'>"+text+"_</small></font>";
			}
			else
			{
				obj.innerHTML = "<small><a href='"+link+"'><font color='#FFFFFF'>"+text+"_</small></font></a>";
			}
		}
  		setTimeout('newsticker()',10);
		return;
	}

	// new item
	i = -1; text = "";
	if (cnt<newslist.length-1)
		cnt++;
	else
		cnt=0;
	setTimeout('newsticker()',3000);
}