function startNewsRequest(index) {
	// Initialisierung
	var request = null;
	var url = "./ajax/news.php";
	var params = 'index=' + index;


	// Erstellen des Requests
	try {request = new XMLHttpRequest();} // Mozilla, Safari, Opera, IE > 6
	catch (error) {
		try {request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");} // IE5
		catch (error) {
			try {request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");} // IE6
			catch (error) {request = null;}
		}
	}

	if(request == null) alert("Kann keine XMLHTTP-Instanz erzeugen!");


	// Anfrage erstellen (POST, asynchron)
	request.open("post", url, true);


	// Beim Abschließen des Requests wird diese Funktion ausgeführt
	request.onreadystatechange = function() {
		switch(request.readyState) {
			case 4:
				if (request.status != 200) {alert("Fehler:" + request.status);}
				else {document.getElementById('news').innerHTML = request.responseText;}
				break;

			default:
				return false;
				break;
		}
	};


	// Daten senden
	request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	request.send(params);
}