//var pType="japanese";

$(function(){
	$.ajax({
		url: pType + "/news/index.xml",
		async: true,
		cache: false,
		dataType:"xml",
		success: function(xml){
			$(xml).find('item').each(function(){
				var title = $(this).find('title').text();
				var url = $(this).find('link').text();
				var date = dateParse($(this).find('pubDate').text());
				$('#newsTopics').append('<dt>'+date+'</dt><dd><a href="'+url+'">'+title+'</a></dd>');
    		});
		}
	});
});

function dateParse(str){
	var objDate = new Date(str);
	if(pType=="japanese"){
		str = objDate.toLocaleDateString();
	}else{
		str = objDate.toDateString();
	}
	return str;
}