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<title><![CDATA[Marcoses win back Laguna mansion from govt (source: Philippines News) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Marcos family has regained ownership of a 25-hectare property in Cabuyao, Laguna that the government had confiscated more than two decades ago.In a 24-page resolution, the Sandiganbayan Fourth Div... (source: Philippines News) - <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/6EFACE1AD045A44592198A48E4B6DF62D17EEA25]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:46:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[197 people charged with murder over Maguindanao massacre (source: Philippines News) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MANILA - A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over an election-linked massacre that horrified the nation, prosecutors said... (source: Philippines News) - <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/43C4E87E0B26A73D4A1C629372DD99B6D4E8F196]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:46:34 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Santiago calls Villar's critics ugly, lizards (source: Philippines News) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CALAMBA, LAGUNA &mdash; Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago fired the first salvo on Tuesday, calling Senator Manny Villar's detractors &quot;ugly&quot; and looked like a lizard.  &quot;Biro mo pinagtutulungan nila si ... (source: Philippines News) - <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/2F4EB7CA6135FEFFCA2CEE022061B154FA3A4736]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:46:34 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nearly 200 people indicted in Philippines massacre (source: Philippines News) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine prosecutors filed charges Tuesday against the head of a powerful clan and 195 others in the biggest and deadliest murder case since the country's World War II war... (source: Philippines News) - <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/718A35F061DD5CB772CD69900981AB4AE03032E0]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:45:28 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Maguindanao Massacre: murder charges for 197 members of the Ampatuan clan (source: philippinetimes.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The news was announced today by executives of the Philippines Department of Justice. Evidence confirms Andalo Ampatuan sr. former governor of Maguindanao as the instigator and organizer of the massacr... (source: philippinetimes.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/21F11465C66E58F6874575E6B3AAE9A6B33B3248]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:10:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Poor people should be given a chance to become president (source: philippinetimes.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MANILA &mdash;&ldquo;Is it difficult to think that a poor fellow can also become President of the Philippines?&rdquo;  With that statement, Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Manuel Villar Monday hit ... (source: philippinetimes.com) - <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/F38D474DBD6BB7710521B6A52F864F37DFCBDB30]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:07:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bali bombing mastermind still alive (source: philippinetimes.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MANILA - An Islamist militant accused of being behind the deadly 2002 Bali bombings is alive and hiding in the southern Philippines despite earlier reports of his death, a senior military official sai... (source: philippinetimes.com) - <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/B671C0503CFAA21CF386FAF6D26B380B67EFC174]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:07:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Investments in Pangasius production hit P100M mark (source: philippinetimes.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/09 February) &ndash; Hito or catfish production is fast becoming a big industry in Region 12 with investments breaching the P100-million mark a year after its introducti... (source: philippinetimes.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/61DE196DE90F25407534FE8DADC841E0F2513366]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PHILIPPINES: Early marriage puts girls at risk (source: IRIN) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MANILA Tuesday, January 26, 2010 (IRIN) - Nurina was 14 when she married Sid, who was 23. ''We were close friends. He treated me like a younger sister,'' Nurina said. ''People started to gossip and my family insisted that we be married to avoid tarnishing ... (source: IRIN) - <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/5692CCA2B41C43080DAF6CDE2720F42AA8F4048F]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How To: Track the scent of life (source: IRIN) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (IRIN) - The best search and rescue workers have stamina, a phenomenal sense of smell, and sharp hearing - they usually also have four legs. (source: IRIN) - <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/A315330FA445866F69A933E848DB872AAD801443]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PHILIPPINES:  New database to highlight IDP needs (source: IRIN) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK Friday, January 15, 2010 (IRIN) - The government of the Philippines has a new tool to better address the humanitarian needs of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in conflict-affected Mindanao. (source: IRIN) - <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>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PHILIPPINES: Muslim youth work towards peace in Mindanao (source: IRIN) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MANILA Thursday, January 14, 2010 (IRIN) - With its mosques, colourful buildings and veiled girls going to Madrasa schools, Maharlika village resembles a Mindanao town rather than a Manila suburb. (source: IRIN) - <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/83FAA61566C954B9F5C748240250824E5B9F14F2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nearly 200 charged in connection with 'political massacre' (source: newsxs.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BreakingNews.ie : International : Prosecutors in the Philippines filed charges today in the biggest and bloodiest murder case in the country's history after the apparently politically motivated massacre of 57 people. (source: newsxs.com) - <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/35E61E606F9902EB85265EDE0CB5C40B6227742B]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Philippine prosecutors file murder charges for massacre (source: newsxs.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TVNZ : International : Philippine prosecutors filed murder charges against the patriarch of a powerful political clan with close ties to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and 196 others for the massacre of 57 people (source: newsxs.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/C3A044A3B118065AFF014F00005651122F9D600C]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Charges over Philippines killings (source: newsxs.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BBC : International : Authorities in the Philippines charge 196 people with murder over a pre-election massacre which left 57 dead. (source: newsxs.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>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-Philippine official among 197 charged (source: newsxs.com) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CNN: International : Authorities in the Philippines have filed murder charges against the former governor of southern Maguindanao province and 196 others in connection with last year's election-related massacre there. (source: newsxs.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/E55B79BA2BF235F2B06DAD104303F4D0F6803770]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Violence, tight race mark Philippine poll campaign (source: Topix.net) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Campaign posters went up and jingles blared at election rallies Tuesday as the Philippines' richest politician and the son of its democracy icon began a tight race to succeed scandal-tainted President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. (source: Topix.net) - <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>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:35:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Philippines imposes martial law in massacre province (source: Topix.net) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Residents show their identification cards to a soldier at a checkpoint in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao in southern Philippines Dec. (source: Topix.net) - <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>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:48:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Catholics Crowd Churches to Pray, Celebrate (source: Topix.net) ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Anxious Catholics packed churches around the world Friday for special masses, lit candles, held vigils and prayed for Pope John Paul II as he lay near death in his Vatican City apartment. (source: Topix.net) - <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>
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<pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:04:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[22 Dead in Philippines As Police Retake Prison    MANILA, Philippines  --   Police launched a major assault Tuesday on a maximum-security prison in Manila taken over by al Qaeda-linked inmates, killing at least 22 prisoners. (source: Topix.net) - <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>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:04:43 GMT</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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