function getPopularNews(){
$.ajax({
url: '/'+lang+'/xml/gen/popularnews.xml',
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'xml',
error: function(){
//alert('Error loading document');
},
success: function(xmlResp){
onPopularResponse(xmlResp);
}
});
}
function onPopularResponse(xmlDoc) {
var entryNodes = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("article");
//alert(entryNodes.length);
var headline = "";
var link = "";
var popularHTML = "";
if (entryNodes.length > 0) {
if (level == "multimedia"){var tableWidth = "404"; var tableHeight="88"; var tablePaddingVar = "0"; var paddingVar="4"; var spacingVar = "0";}
if (level == "sub") {var tableWidth = "236"; var tableHeight="109"; var tablePaddingVar="0"; var paddingVar = "4"; var spacingVar = "0";}
popularHTML+='<table style="overflow:hidden; line-height:10px;" width="'+tableWidth+'" height="'+tableHeight+'" cellpadding="'+tablePaddingVar+'" cellspacing="'+spacingVar+'" border="0">'; 
//add new entries
for (i=0;i<entryNodes.length;i++) {
entryData = entryNodes.item(i).childNodes;
entryCell = "";
headline = "";
link = "";
for (var j=0; j<entryData.length; j++){
switch(entryData.item(j).nodeName){
case "headline": headline = entryData.item(j).hasChildNodes() ? entryData.item(j).firstChild.nodeValue : ""; break;
case "link": link = entryData.item(j).hasChildNodes() ? entryData.item(j).firstChild.nodeValue : ""; break;
default:break;
}
} 
if (link != ""){
if (level == "multimedia") {
entryCell += '<tr><td width="19" class="ltGreen3" style="padding-top: '+paddingVar+'px; text-align:center;" valign="top">&gt;</td><td class="ltGreen3" align="left" valign="top" style="padding-top: '+paddingVar+'px; text-align:left;"><a href="' + link + '" class="ltGreen3">' + headline + '</a></td></tr>';
} else if (level == "sub") {
entryCell += '<tr><td width="15" class="ltGreen3" style="padding-top: '+paddingVar+'px; text-align:center;" valign="top">&gt;</td><td class="ltGreen3" align="left" valign="top" style="padding-top: '+paddingVar+'px; text-align:left;"><a href="' + link + '" class="ltGreen3">' + headline + '</a></td></tr>';
}
}
else{
if (level == "multimedia") {
entryCell += '<tr><td width="19" class="ltGreen3" style="text-align:center;" valign="top">&gt;</td><td class="ltGreen3" align="left" valign="top">' + headline + '</td></tr>';
} else if (level == "sub") {
entryCell += '<tr><td width="15" class="ltGreen3" style="text-align:center;" valign="top">&gt;</td><td class="ltGreen3" align="left" valign="top">' + headline + '</td></tr>';
}
}
//logTable.rows[i].cells[0].innerHTML = entryCell;
popularHTML+=entryCell;
}
popularHTML+='</table>';
document.getElementById('pns').innerHTML = popularHTML; 
} 
} 
getPopularNews();