var externalLinks = function() {
 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
 var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
 for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
   var anchor = anchors[i];
   if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&
       anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external")
     anchor.target = "_blank";
 }
}
var initpage = function(divID, url) {
        var doReplace = function (req) {
            $(divID).innerHTML = req.responseText;
        };
                                                                                                                                                             
        var doReplaceError = function () {
            $(divID).innerHTML = '<ul><li><a name="NoNews">No news available</a></li></ul>';
        };
        var res = MochiKit.Async.doSimpleXMLHttpRequest(url);
        res.addCallbacks(doReplace,doReplaceError);
	res.addCallback(externalLinks);
};