function loadNews() {
                        $('#newsslider .newsitems-container').css('width', (195 * $.articles) );
                       
                        if($.articles>1)
                            setTimeout(function() { slide('right'); }, $.timeout);
                }

                function slide( direction ) {
                        if( $.slideInProgress == false ) {
                                $.slideInProgress = true;
                                var left = parseInt($('#newsslider .newsitems-container').css('left'));
                                var width = parseInt($('#newsslider .newsitems-container').css('width'));
						
                                if( (left * -1) == (width - 195) && direction == 'right' ) {
                                        $('#newsslider .newsitems-container').css('left', '0');
                                } else if( left == 0 && direction == 'left' ) {
                                        $('#newsslider .newsitems-container').css('left', -(width - 195));
                                }

                                if( direction == 'left') {
                                        action  = '+=195';
                                } else {
                                        action  = '-=195';
                                }

                                $('#newsslider .newsitems-container').animate({
                                        left: action,
                                }, $.duration, function() {

                                        setTimeout(function() { slide('right'); }, $.timeout);
                                        $.slideInProgress = false;
                                });
                        }
                }