// system generated - original is on polecat

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document.getElementById("sbfocus").innerHTML="<h2>Focus on</h2><ul class=\"focus\"><li><a href=\"http://www.open.ac.uk/equality-diversity/\">Find out about our new Single Equality Scheme.</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.open.ac.uk/research/\">Find out about Research at the OU.</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn\">OU educational resources freely available from OpenLearn.</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.open.ac.uk/recession/index.shtml?ONBAN=os001&MEDIA=recession_02\">Outsmart the recession with the OU; vocational qualifications and focused training courses.</a></li></ul>";
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if (newsid == 1) document.getElementById("headlines").innerHTML = "<a href=\"http://www3.open.ac.uk/media/fullstory.aspx?id=17458\">Hope in a Changing Climate: changing the course of history for millions</a>";
if (newsid == 2) document.getElementById("headlines").innerHTML = "<a href=\"http://www3.open.ac.uk/media/fullstory.aspx?id=17453\">OU scoops international educational broadcast prize from Japan</a>";
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if (newsid == 4) document.getElementById("headlines").innerHTML = "<a href=\"http://www3.open.ac.uk/media/fullstory.aspx?id=17443\">The Open University wins Queen&#039;s Anniversary Prize for Teacher Education Programme in Africa</a>";
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