var timer;
var newsString;

function setNewsElement() {
    if (!$('news-area')) return;
    timer = new PeriodicalExecuter(nextStep, 0);
}

function nextStep()
{
    var s = '';
    if (location.protocol == 'https:') s = 's';
    newsString = $('news-area').innerHTML;
    $('news-area').innerHTML = '<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http' + s + '://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="640" height="77" id="topnews" align="middle"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="movie" value="images/topnews.swf" /><param name="play" value="false" /><param name="loop" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><embed src="images/topnews.swf" play="false" loop="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="640" height="77" name="topnews" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http' + s + '://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></object>';
    timer.stop();
}

function getText() {
    return newsString;
}

Event.observe(window,'load', setNewsElement, false);