function firstStoryRead(newsId, sType){
			var tvajax;
			try
			{
				tvajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
			}
			catch (e)
			{
				try
				{
					tvajax= new ActiveXObject("Msxm12.XMLHTTP");
				}
				catch (e)
				{
					try
					{
						tvajax = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
					}
					catch (e)
					{
						alert("Your browser does not support Ajax, because of this you would not be able to use talkingviews please update your browser.");
					}
				}
			}
			
			var d = new Date();
			timestamp=d.toUTCString();
			tvajax.open('POST', 'newsdetails_ajax.php', 'true');
			tvajax.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;text/html;charset=utf-8");
			tvajax.setRequestHeader('If-Modified-Since', 'Wed, 1 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT');
			
			poststr="&sType=" + escape(sType) + "&newsId=" + escape(newsId);
			tvajax.send(poststr);
			
			tvajax.onreadystatechange=function()
			{
				//alert(tvajax.responseText);
				if(tvajax.readyState == 4)
                {
					com_obj=document.getElementById('firststory');
					//com_obj=document.getElementById('intro').style.display = 'none';
                    com_obj.innerHTML=tvajax.responseText;
				}
			}
}