function loadXMLs(str) 
	{
	try //Internet Explorer
	  {
	  xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
	  xmlDoc.async="false";
	  xmlDoc.loadXML(str);
	  return(xmlDoc); 
	  }
	catch(e)
	  {
	  try //Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
		{
		parser=new DOMParser();
		xmlDoc=parser.parseFromString(str,"text/xml");
		return(xmlDoc);
		}
	  catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
	  }
	return(null);
	}
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items = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("item");
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			descr = items[i].getElementsByTagName("description")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
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txt +='<h2><a href="'+ hlink +'">' + title + '</a></h2>';
txt +='<p class="meta"><span class="date">' + pubdate + '</span></p>';
txt +='<p>'+ descr + '</p>';
txt += '</div>';
}
document.write (txt);