var scrollerdelay='4000' //delay between msg scrolls. 3000=3 seconds.
var scrollerwidth=screen.width-230
var scrollerheight='20px'
var scrollerbgcolor='#BAD2FE'
//set below to '' if you don't wish to use a background image
var scrollerbackground='scrollerback.gif'

//configure the below variable to change the contents of the scroller
var messages=new Array()
fillMessages();

//---------------------------------------- NEWS COMES HERE --------------------------------------------//
function fillMessages(){

messages[00]="<span class='TickerColor'>DAWN Group of Newspapers</span>"
messages[01]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#4>Gaza crisis escalates as Israel strikes Hamas PM's office</a>"
messages[02]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#30>Prime Minister Aziz discusses UN reforms with Norwegian, Mozambique premiers</a>"
messages[03]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#29>Helicopter crashes near foreign base in Afghanistan</a>"
messages[04]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#28>At least 11 Iraqis killed as Sunni Arabs boycott parliament</a>"
messages[05]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#27>NASA delays Discovery launch again due to weather</a>"
messages[06]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#26>13 foreign nationals held on Pak-Iran border</a>"
messages[07]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#25>Italian army officer dies of a heart attack in Afghanistan</a>"
messages[08]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#24>Israel ransacks homes in Gaza hotspot</a>"
messages[09]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#23>Al-Zarqawi's brother rejects Iraqi burial, demands transfer of body to Jordan</a>"
messages[10]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#22>PM arrives in Geneva to attend UN meetings</a>"
messages[11]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#21>Kuwait emir reappoints nephew as prime minister</a>"
messages[12]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#20>Four dead, two injured in German seaplane crash</a>"
messages[13]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#19>Two British soldiers, 12 Taliban killed in Afghanistan</a>"
messages[14]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#18>Saddam's wife, daughter on Iraq most wanted list</a>"
messages[15]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#16>Indian troops kill four more militants in occupied  Kashmir</a>"
messages[16]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#12>Around 1,000 protest Israeli attacks on Palestinian territories at U.S. embassy in Jakarta</a>"
messages[17]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#11>Bangladesh police clash with protesters demanding electoral reforms</a>"
messages[18]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#9>Iraq PM wins Saudi backing for peace efforts</a>"
messages[19]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#7>Trescothick backs Strauss despite Sri Lanka mauling</a>"
messages[20]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#5>Two dead in Thailand's restive south</a>"
messages[21]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#3>Three killed in communist rebel attacks in Philippines</a>"
messages[22]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#2>NASA looks for better weather in second Discovery launch attempt</a>"
messages[23]="<a class='TickerColor' href=./welcome.htm#1>Tajikistan to rename Soviet-dubbed mountains</a>"


//---------------------------------------- NEWS COMES HERE --------------------------------------------//
}

///////Do not edit pass this line///////////////////////

var ie=document.all
var dom=document.getElementById


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		tdiv.style.top=0+"px"
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		setTimeout("move2(second2_obj)",scrollerdelay)
		return
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		tdiv.style.top=parseInt(tdiv.style.top)-5+"px"
		setTimeout("move(tdiv)",50)
	}
	else
	{
		tdiv.style.top=parseInt(scrollerheight)+"px"
		tdiv.innerHTML=messages[i]
		if (i==messages.length-1)
			i=0
		else
			i++
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}

function move2(whichdiv){
	tdiv2=eval(whichdiv)
	if (parseInt(tdiv2.style.top)>0&&parseInt(tdiv2.style.top)<=5){
		tdiv2.style.top=0+"px"
		setTimeout("move2(tdiv2)",scrollerdelay)
		setTimeout("move(first2_obj)",scrollerdelay)
		return
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		tdiv2.style.top=parseInt(tdiv2.style.top)-5+"px"
		setTimeout("move2(second2_obj)",50)
	}
	else{
		tdiv2.style.top=parseInt(scrollerheight)+"px"
		tdiv2.innerHTML=messages[i]
	if (i==messages.length-1)
		i=0
	else
		i++
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}

function startscroll(){
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	second2_obj=ie? second2 : document.getElementById("second2")
	move(first2_obj)
	second2_obj.style.top=scrollerheight
	second2_obj.style.visibility='visible'
}

function CreateTicker(){
	if (messages.length>2)
		i=2
	else
		i=0
		
	if (ie||dom){
		document.writeln('<div id="main2" style="position:relative;width:'+scrollerwidth+';height:'+scrollerheight+';overflow:hidden;background-color:'+scrollerbgcolor+' ;background-image:url('+scrollerbackground+')">')
		document.writeln('<div style="position:absolute;width:'+scrollerwidth+';height:'+scrollerheight+';clip:rect(0 '+scrollerwidth+' '+scrollerheight+' 0);left:0px;top:0px">')
		document.writeln('<div id="first2" style="position:absolute;width:'+scrollerwidth+';left:0px;top:1px;">')
		document.write(messages[0])
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		document.writeln('</div>')
		document.writeln('</div>')
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	if (window.addEventListener)
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	else if (window.attachEvent)
		window.attachEvent("onload", startscroll)
	else if (ie||dom)
		window.onload=startscroll
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