function showNews(url) {
  
  document.getElementById('newsdiv').style.display = "block";
}

function getNews(host,url) {
  document.getElementById('newscontent').innerHTML = '<object id="newsobject" data="' + url +'" type="text/html"></object>';
  return false;
}

function hideNews() {
  document.getElementById('newsdiv').style.display = "none";
}