var getDataEVENTS

	function getXMLEVENTS(url)
	{
		var a = Math.random()*100;
		//alert(a)
		sendRequest(url, readXMLEVENTS, 'GET', a);
	}
	function readXMLEVENTS(req)
	{
		
		getDataEVENTS = req.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('events');
		//alert('a');
		createListEVENTS('')
	}

	
	function createListEVENTS(getRegion)
	{
			clearContentsEVENTS()
			var items = getDataEVENTS[0].getElementsByTagName('item');
			//alert(items.length)
			
			var tambElem="";
			for(z = 0; z < items.length; z++)
			{
				
				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('date');
				var date =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';
				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('region');
				var region =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';
				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('title');
				var title =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';
				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('area');
				var area =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';
				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('mm');
				var mm =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';
				var n = items[z].getElementsByTagName('yy');
				var yy =(n[0].hasChildNodes())? n[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue:'';
				
				if(getRegion == '' || getRegion == region || (getRegion == 4 && region == 6)){
					
					/* output layout format 
					<table>
						<tr>
							<td>
								<dl>
									<dt class="icon_cn_2 region">China</dt>
									<dd>2009-01-13</dd>
								</dl>
							</td>
							<td>
								<h4>Canada Wood College - Designer Training </h4>
								<p>Shanghai Urban Management College</p>
							</td>
						</tr>
					</table>
					*/
					
					
					
					tambElem +='<tr>';
					tambElem +='<th>';
					tambElem +='<dl>';
					tambElem +='<dt class="icon_'+countryIni[region]+'_2 region">'+country[region]+'</dt>';
					tambElem +='<dd>'+date+'</dd>';
					tambElem +='</dl>';
					tambElem +='</th>';
					tambElem +='<td>';
					tambElem +='<h4><a href="events.php?mm='+mm+'&yy='+yy+'">'+title+'</a></h4>';
					tambElem +='<p>'+area+'</p>';
					tambElem +='</td></tr>';
				}
			//	alert(items[z].getElementsByTagName('date'))
			}
			var tableElem ='';
			
			if(tambElem != ''){
				tableElem = '<table>'+tambElem+'</table>';
			}else{
				if(getRegion)
					tableElem = '<h3>There are no news items currently posted for this region.</h3>';
				else
					tableElem = '<h3>There are no events items currently posted.</h3>';
			}
			
			 if(items.length == 0){
				tableElem = '<h3>There are no events items currently posted.</h3>';
			}
			//alert(tambElem)
			//document.getElementById("plist").appendChild(tambElem)
			document.getElementById("eventbox").innerHTML = tableElem;
	}
	
	function clearContentsEVENTS(){
		var childs = document.getElementById("eventbox").childNodes;
		var l = childs.length;
		//alert(l)
		for(var i =0; i < l ; i++)
		{
			document.getElementById("eventbox").removeChild(childs[0])
		}
	}