// JavaScript Document
var i = 0;
var totalNews = 11;
var myNews = new Array();
 myNews[0] = 'Ghandi';
 myNews[1] = 'Nelson Mandela';
 myNews[2] = 'Mother Teresa';
 myNews[3] = 'Alexander the Great';
 myNews[4] = 'Joan of Arc';
 myNews[5] = 'Buddha';
 myNews[6] = 'Jesus';
 myNews[7] = 'Marco Polo';
 myNews[8] = 'Mohammed';
 myNews[9] = 'Galileo';
 myNews[10] = 'Leonardo Da Vinci';

 
function window_onload()
{
	setInterval ("switchNews()",2500);
}
function switchNews ()
{
	var elemNews = document.getElementById("newsitem");
	var newsNode = elemNews.firstChild;
	var newTextNode = document.createTextNode(myNews[i]);
	elemNews.replaceChild(newTextNode, newsNode);
	i++;
	if (i > (totalNews-1)){
	 i=0;
	 }
}