// Ignore this section:
function newsfeed(){
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var standfirst = new Array();
var link = new Array();
var date = new Array();
var source = new Array();
var i = 0;
var ii = 0;

// Enter your headlines and text in this section. Keep item to a single line, 
// no double quotation marks are allowed. Create as many blocks as you like,
// but don't leave any blank ones. 
// They will appear in the same order as they do here

headline[i] =   "Mutated crops 'could combat food crisis'";
standfirst[i] =   "A technique that increases genetic mutation rates in crops could aid the global food crisis but needs more investment.";
link[i] =   "http://www.scidev.net/en/news/mutated-crops-could-combat-food-crisis-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=webfeed&utm_campaign=en";
date[i] =   "2 December 2008";
source[i] =   "SciDev.Net";
i++;

headline[i] =   "Argentina: S&T back on the development agenda";
standfirst[i] =   "Following 40 years of persecution and governmental indifference, science and scientists are back on the Argentinian agenda.";
link[i] =   "http://www.scidev.net/en/features/argentina-s-t-back-on-the-development-agenda.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=webfeed&utm_campaign=en";
date[i] =   "2 December 2008";
source[i] =   "Nature";
i++;

headline[i] =   "Argentina signs yet more science cooperation agreements";
standfirst[i] =   "New commitments with Germany and several African nations bring Argentina\'s tally on science cooperation agreements to around 100.";
link[i] =   "http://www.scidev.net/en/news/argentina-signs-yet-more-science-cooperation-agree.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=webfeed&utm_campaign=en";
date[i] =   "2 December 2008";
source[i] =   "SciDev.Net";
i++;

headline[i] =   "Monitoring carbon storage 'more effective than closing power plants'";
standfirst[i] =   "New research reveals that using existing technologies to monitor carbon storage could save more carbon than closing power plants.";
link[i] =   "http://www.scidev.net/en/news/monitoring-carbon-storage-more-effective-than-clos.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=webfeed&utm_campaign=en";
date[i] =   "1 December 2008";
source[i] =   "SciDev.Net";
i++;

headline[i] =   "Middle East's synchrotron runs short of funds";
standfirst[i] =   "The Middle East\'s first synchrotron, which opened last month, still has to find US$19 million for its planned 2.5 GeV machine.";
link[i] =   "http://www.scidev.net/en/news/middle-east-s-synchrotron-runs-short-of-funds.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=webfeed&utm_campaign=en";
date[i] =   "1 December 2008";
source[i] =   "SciDev.Net";
i++;



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// standfirst[i] = "";
// link[i] = 	"";
// date[i] =       "";
// source[i] =     ""; 
// i++;


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// if alternatives are not specified by the client:

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var sp = 4;                               // table spacing
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var hsa= 2;                               // headline font size (non-style compliant browsers)
var hv = "339966";                        // headline 'hover' colour
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var ss = "70%";                          // standfirst size
var lh = "125%";
var ssa= 2;                               // standfirst size (non-style compliant browsers)
var mc = "FF0000";                        // colour of 'more...' link
var mf = "9px";                           // size of 'more...' link -- inserted by SV
var dc = "999999";                        // date / source colour
var df = "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif";  // date / source font
var ds = "10px";                           // date / source size
var dsa= 1;                               // date / source size (non-style compliant browsers)

// do not edit anything below this line
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document.write ("<tr><td><font class='sdv_head' color='" + hc + "' face='" + hf + "' size='" + hsa + "'>LATEST NEWS </font><br> <font class='sdv_head_small' color='" + hc + "' face='" + hf + "' size='" + hsa + "'>on science, technology & the developing world.</font></td></tr>");	
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