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var Speed = 60;
var Delay = 4000;

var ntCount = 0;
var ntCurrI = -1;
var ntPrevI = -1;
var ntHrefA = null;
var sectionextA = null;
var ntCurrH = "";
var ntCurrT = "";
var ntCharI = 0;
var ntState = 1;
var ntStLen = 0;
var Browser = 0;
var ntNewsL = null;

function ntStart()
{
 if(document.all) { Browser = 1; }
 else if(document.getElementById) { Browser = 2; }
 else { return; }

 while(ntGetEl("section" + ntCount)) ++ntCount;

 if(ntCount == 0) { return };

 ntHrefA = new Array(ntCount);
 sectionextA = new Array(ntCount);

 for(var i = 0; i < ntCount; ++i)
 {
  var ntLink = ntGetEl("headline" + i);
  ntHrefA[i] = ntLink.href;
  sectionextA[i] = ntLink.innerHTML;
 }

 ntRun();
}

function ntRun()
{
 if(ntState == 1) { ntSetup(); }

 if(ntCharI < ntStLen)
 {  ntDrawS(); }
 else
 {  ntClose(); }
}

function ntSetup()
{
 ntCharI = 0;
 ntState = 0;
 ntPrevI = ntCurrI;
 ntCurrI = ++ntCurrI % ntCount;
 ntCurrH = ntHrefA[ntCurrI];
 ntCurrT = sectionextA[ntCurrI];
 ntStLen = ntCurrT.length;
 ntNewsL = ntGetEl("ntLatestNewsLink");
}

function ntDrawS()
{
 var cursor = (ntCharI % 2) == 0 ? "-" : "_";
 ntNewsL.innerHTML = ntCurrT.substring(0, ntCharI) + cursor;
 ++ntCharI;
 setTimeout("ntRun()", Speed);
}

function ntClose()
{
 ntNewsL.innerHTML = ntCurrT;
 ntState = 1;
 setTimeout("ntRun()", Delay);
}

function ntGetEl(ID)
{
 var obj = null;

 switch(Browser)
 {
  case 1:
  obj = eval("document.all." + ID);
  break;

  case 2:
  obj = eval("document.getElementById('" + ID + "')");
  break;
 }

 return obj;
}




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