function showNews(newsID)
{
    var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!

    try
    {
        // Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
        ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
    } catch (e) {
        // Internet Explorer Browsers
        try{
            ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');
        } catch (e) {
            try{
                ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
            } catch (e) {
                // Something went wrong
                alert('Your browser broke!');
                return false;
            }
        }
    }

    // Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
    ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function()
    {
        /*if(ajaxRequest.readyState < 4)
        {
            var ajaxDisplay = document.getElementById('newsContainer');
            ajaxDisplay.innerHTML = '<img src=\'ajax-loader.gif\'>';
        } else */if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4)
        {
            var ajaxDisplay = document.getElementById('newsContainer');
            ajaxDisplay.innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
        }
    }

    var file = 'xml_newsArticle.php?nid='+newsID;

    ajaxRequest.open('GET', file, true);
    ajaxRequest.send(null); 

}