var maxnews=5;
var cnews=0;
var copa=100;
var newsstep=-10;
var newscontainer;
var dofade=true;
var bigdelay=3000;
var smalldelay=100;
var delaystep;

function startFade()
{
	dofade=true;
	copa=100;
	newsstep=-10;
	newscontainer.className='newscont'+copa;
}

function stopFade()
{
	newscontainer.className='newscont100';
	dofade=false;
}

function makeNews()
{
	if (dofade)
	{
		delaystep=smalldelay;
		copa=copa+newsstep;
		newscontainer.className='newscont'+copa;
		if (copa==0)
		{
			newsstep=10;
			cnews++;
			if (cnews==maxnews) cnews=0;
						newscontainer.innerHTML=news[cnews];
		}
		else if (copa==100)
		{
			newsstep=-10;
			delaystep=bigdelay;
		}
	}
	setTimeout('makeNews()', delaystep);
}

function startNews()
{
	delaystep=bigdelay;
	newscontainer=document.getElementById('newscontainer');
	var newslen=news.length;
	if (newslen>0)
	{
		if (maxnews>newslen) maxnews=newslen;
		newscontainer.innerHTML=news[cnews];
		setTimeout('makeNews()', delaystep);
	}
	else document.getElementById('newsdv').style.display='none';
}