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<title><![CDATA[New UN emissions pledges still stack up to 3.5°C (source: pheedo.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The commitments from 55 nations representing 78 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions hardly make a dent in projected warming (source: pheedo.com) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/76C19EC6DFF0321FC07380B33DC93684D99C5078]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rob Hopkins: Getting over oil, one town at a time (source: pheedo.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The founder of the Transition Towns movement explains why he is optimistic that we can survive peak oil and minimise climate change (source: pheedo.com) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/0E457824D6D5796533B62FCC25404E0E8F88A2B6]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beware of geoengineering using volcanoes' tricks (source: pheedo.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Volcanoes killed 27 per cent of marine genera 94 million years ago - fixing our climate with sulphate aerosols could inflict a similar fate on lakes (source: pheedo.com) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/D3C559AD481E6D761BF2E80703A7A81C3A203798]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[White roofs can cool cities (source: pheedo.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dark roads and roofs make cities hotter than the countryside - but highly reflective white roofs would cool them by an average of 0.6 °C (source: pheedo.com) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/A6868AE70B5D96D5F868FB29F429DC128A126524]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US 'climategate' scientist all but cleared of misconduct (source: pheedo.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A prominent US climate scientist at the centre of the leaked email controversy has been virtually cleared of professional misconduct by an internal university inquiry (source: pheedo.com) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/222B59CF9AFCCB0C05A06EFD9D960049EDAECA88]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bill Gates digs deep for geoengineering (source: pheedo.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The world's richest man has committed $4.5 million of his own money to funding a number of climate scientists interested in geoengineering (source: pheedo.com) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feed widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/C48BF191E8379C3325A3047D09EF777D1B76E0EA]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA satellite could pave way for policing CO2 emissions (source: pheedo.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A replacement for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, lost during launch last year, could test technologies needed to enforce future climate treaties (source: pheedo.com) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feed widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/C98A35A3600264FE54CAE4E3380BE02B197934D0]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Impact of the biofuel industry in South Africa (source: Eldis) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Increased biofuel production, driven by the rise in oil prices and the threat of climate change, has also caused the price of food to increase, especially those food crops used  in biofuel production such as maize and sugarcane.  This paper examines the li... (source: Eldis) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/8C1D1B47BFCCE3BFE13C4DBE326492173CFA30B9]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 06:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adaptation to climate change in rural societies (source: Eldis) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The paper gives an overview of the ways in which climate change will impact rural societies, in particular poor farmers in developing countries.  It predicts that Africa will be hardest hit because of its heavy dependence on agriculture, existing degraded ... (source: Eldis) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/09B48905ABCDC5A205112FBF8126646E99DB3451]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 06:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Summary of COP12/MOP2 Nairobi conference on the next steps in the international effort on climate change (source: Eldis) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper documents the key outcomes of the two-week United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Nairobi, November 2006.  The aim of the conference was to consider the next steps in the international climate effort. The following topics were discussed:... (source: Eldis) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 06:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The need for development projects to be incorporated into climate change adaptation strategies (source: Eldis) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Over six development agencies are screening their portfolios with the aim of ascertaining the extent to which exisiting development projects already consider climate risks or address vulnerability to climate variability; and identifying opportunities for i... (source: Eldis) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 06:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Outlining the options for our energy future (source: Eldis) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report is a summary of the International Energy Agencys latest World Energy Outlook. It focuses on its Alternative Policy and Beyond the Alternative Policy Scenarios  a deliberate distinction aimed to spur action by underscoring the impacts on the fut... (source: Eldis) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/0D076D39691C972E0BA485CD24321CE4533D0172]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 06:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Several articles discussing coping strategies for climate change (source: Eldis) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This issue of ICT Update looks at a few pioneering activities African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are engaged in to mitigate and adapt to climte change. The lead article is entitled: Coping with climate change, which looks at the impacts of clim... (source: Eldis) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Policy directions for governments, businesses and consumers to combat climate change (source: Eldis) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report asserts that the only way to combat climate change is through decisive, concerted and sustained actions between governments, businesses and consumers, and  identifies policy options to achieve this.  It explores policy ideas and concepts which ... (source: Eldis) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/BF10D96560FBBBB85A7793CA437604C5A05238E8]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Search for hacker may lead police back to East Anglia's climate research unit (source: ecoearth.info) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Guardian: In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves to... (source: ecoearth.info) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feed widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.feedzilla.com/r/F3F0469AEC39426F698538985156BC13F6300DC7]]></link>
<pubDate>09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Changing weather posts in China led to accusations of scientific fraud (source: ecoearth.info) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Guardian: In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves to... (source: ecoearth.info) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Russia:  Climate scientists withheld Yamal data despite warnings from senior colleagues (source: ecoearth.info) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Guardian: In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves to... (source: ecoearth.info) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Agency Will Create National Climate Service to Spur Adaptation (source: ecoearth.info) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ClimateWire: The Obama administration announced plans yesterday to create a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Service.  The proposed entity would provide &quot;user-friendly&quot; information to help governments and businesses ada... (source: ecoearth.info) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Australia:  Is an emissions trading scheme going the way of the republic? (source: ecoearth.info) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sydney Morning Herald: IS THE emissions trading scheme the republic issue revisited: a policy the public supports in theory but not in practice? The federal government's ETS, like the republic in the late 1990s, almost became a reality but fell short becau... (source: ecoearth.info) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widget</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>10 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. proposes new climate service (source: ecoearth.info) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Washington Post: The Obama administration proposed a new climate service on Monday that would provide Americans with predictions on how global warming will affect everything from drought to sea levels.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration C... (source: ecoearth.info) - <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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function purify(t)


SmallWords = " aol takes normal you why would wouldn't told t s doesn de vs begins bengin among fa td  afp (reuters)  gmt drd doesnt isnt wont didnt cant wouldnt shant bln eur do really real want called sadc goes go daily know knew known become becomes allafrica com allafricacom set shall should nd my am pm our is im going done gone dont know make made makes cant per at enter soon sk al its he would us the as of world within tb himself could case action possible special fell theres hes help  yourself need might your remain remaining o good she today yesterday sent likely across area many another under yet while read further item amid away been between both create created half make most being just never maybe perhaps today continue continues center centre year month week day million thousand years months weeks millions billion billions thousands shows show search searching searches searched using well online taking took just time hours times long longer watch watched watching their take give smell story stories full main how before where after find finding link linked linking & top bottom left right article corrected articles information info forward near email emails start use end against news new plan meet apr only ongoing some same way zone general nothing from minute minutes second seconds hour hours ago return through hence therefore agothe monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday allafricacom than sunday super hyper clear end begin latest least  her his pm next previous real said since so first second third fourth has have by are about also ahead ap  •  which reuters if inc the you me him them with last largest large high higher may month months offer real day days had into includes itself other out say says were when who very was what in a an and or but for to it that this those these all on off can will no not we will be more new up down over you they get one two three four five six seven eight nine ten nobody now back after yes no like "


SmallWords = lcase(SmallWords)

t = replace(t,"1","")
t = replace(t,"2","")
t = replace(t,"3","")
t = replace(t,"4","")
t = replace(t,"5","")
t = replace(t,"6","")
t = replace(t,"7","")
t = replace(t,"8","")
t = replace(t,"9","")
t = replace(t,"0","")
t = replace(t,":"," ")
t = replace(t,";"," ")
t = replace(t,","," ")
t = replace(t,"'"," ")
t = replace(t,"."," ")
t = replace(t,"?","")
t = replace(t,"!","")
t = replace(t,"[","")
t = replace(t,"]","")
t = replace(t,"(","")
t = replace(t,")","")
t = replace(t,"+","")
t = replace(t,"-","")
t = replace(t,"&","")
t = lcase(t)

sm = split(SmallWords)

for kk=0 to ubound(sm)

	t = replace(t, " " & sm(kk) & " "," ")

	
next


purify = t

end function

Function RemoveHTML( strText )
    Dim TAGLIST
    TAGLIST = ";!--;!DOCTYPE;A;ACRONYM;ADDRESS;APPLET;AREA;B;BASE;BASEFONT;" &_
              "BGSOUND;BIG;BLOCKQUOTE;BODY;BR;BUTTON;CAPTION;CENTER;CITE;CODE;" &_
              "COL;COLGROUP;COMMENT;DD;DEL;DFN;DIR;DIV;DL;DT;EM;EMBED;FIELDSET;" &_
              "FONT;FORM;FRAME;FRAMESET;HEAD;H1;H2;H3;H4;H5;H6;HR;HTML;I;IFRAME;IMG;" &_
              "INPUT;INS;ISINDEX;KBD;LABEL;LAYER;LAGEND;LI;LINK;LISTING;MAP;MARQUEE;" &_
              "MENU;META;NOBR;NOFRAMES;NOSCRIPT;OBJECT;OL;OPTION;P;PARAM;PLAINTEXT;" &_
              "PRE;Q;S;SAMP;SCRIPT;SELECT;SMALL;SPAN;STRIKE;STRONG;STYLE;SUB;SUP;" &_
              "TABLE;TBODY;TD;TEXTAREA;TFOOT;TH;THEAD;TITLE;TR;TT;U;UL;VAR;WBR;XMP;"

    BLOCKTAGLIST =  ";!--;!DOCTYPE;A;ACRONYM;ADDRESS;APPLET;AREA;B;BASE;BASEFONT;" &_
              "BGSOUND;BIG;BLOCKQUOTE;BODY;BR;BUTTON;CAPTION;CENTER;CITE;CODE;" &_
              "COL;COLGROUP;COMMENT;DD;DEL;DFN;DIR;DIV;DL;DT;EM;EMBED;FIELDSET;" &_
              "FONT;FORM;FRAME;FRAMESET;HEAD;H1;H2;H3;H4;H5;H6;HR;HTML;I;IFRAME;IMG;" &_
              "INPUT;INS;ISINDEX;KBD;LABEL;LAYER;LAGEND;LI;LINK;LISTING;MAP;MARQUEE;" &_
              "MENU;META;NOBR;NOFRAMES;NOSCRIPT;OBJECT;OL;OPTION;P;PARAM;PLAINTEXT;" &_
              "PRE;Q;S;SAMP;SCRIPT;SELECT;SMALL;SPAN;STRIKE;STRONG;STYLE;SUB;SUP;" &_
              "TABLE;TBODY;TD;TEXTAREA;TFOOT;TH;THEAD;TITLE;TR;TT;U;UL;VAR;WBR;XMP;"
    
    Dim nPos1
    Dim nPos2
    Dim nPos3
    Dim strResult
    Dim strTagName
    Dim bRemove
    Dim bSearchForBlock
    
    nPos1 = InStr(strText, "<")
    Do While nPos1 > 0
        nPos2 = InStr(nPos1 + 1, strText, ">")
        If nPos2 > 0 Then
            strTagName = Mid(strText, nPos1 + 1, nPos2 - nPos1 - 1)
	    strTagName = Replace(Replace(strTagName, vbCr, " "), vbLf, " ")

            nPos3 = InStr(strTagName, " ")
            If nPos3 > 0 Then
                strTagName = Left(strTagName, nPos3 - 1)
            End If
            
            If Left(strTagName, 1) = "/" Then
                strTagName = Mid(strTagName, 2)
                bSearchForBlock = False
            Else
                bSearchForBlock = True
            End If
            
            If InStr(1, TAGLIST, ";" & strTagName & ";", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
                bRemove = True
                If bSearchForBlock Then
                    If InStr(1, BLOCKTAGLIST, ";" & strTagName & ";", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
                        nPos2 = Len(strText)
                        nPos3 = InStr(nPos1 + 1, strText, "</" & strTagName, vbTextCompare)
                        If nPos3 > 0 Then
                            nPos3 = InStr(nPos3 + 1, strText, ">")
                        End If
                        
                        If nPos3 > 0 Then
                            nPos2 = nPos3
                        End If
                    End If
                End If
            Else
                bRemove = False
            End If
            
            If bRemove Then
                strResult = strResult & Left(strText, nPos1 - 1)
                strText = Mid(strText, nPos2 + 1)
            Else
                strResult = strResult & Left(strText, nPos1)
                strText = Mid(strText, nPos1 + 1)
            End If
        Else
            strResult = strResult & strText
            strText = ""
        End If
        
        nPos1 = InStr(strText, "<")
    Loop
    strResult = strResult & strText
    strResult = replace(strResult,"<A HREF=""","")
	strResult = replace(strResult,chr(10),"")
    RemoveHTML = strResult
End Function


function f_articles(title)

if len(title)>0 then
fname=title

for i=0 to 31 
  fname=Replace(fname,CHR(i),"_") 
next 
for i=33 to 47 
  fname=Replace(fname,CHR(i),"_") 
next 
for i=58 to 64 
  fname=Replace(fname,CHR(i),"_") 
next 
for i=91 to 96 
  fname=Replace(fname,CHR(i),"_") 
next 
for i=123 to 255 
  fname=Replace(fname,CHR(i),"_") 
next 

fname = replace(fname," ","_")


fname = replace(fname," / ","_")
fname = replace(fname,"(","_")
fname = replace(fname,")","")
fname = replace(fname,"__","")

fname = left(fname,150)

fname = trim(fname)

fname=  fname & ".asp"

f_articles = replace(fname,"_.asp",".asp")
else
f_articles=""
end if
end function
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