// -- set up global variables
var used = new Array()
var topStory
i = n = 0
link = new Array
used = new Array
// -- The links
// -- Add new stories at the end
link[0] = 'Europe\'s Family Feud President Jacques Chirac puts pressure on E.U. candidate countries to toe the French line on Iraq'
link[3] = 'Burning His Bridges at Both Ends? Dominique de Villepin has the job of dampening down the diplomatic flames encircling France'
link[4] = 'Divided We Stand A defiant Jacques Chirac leads European opposition to war in Iraq'
link[5] = '\'France Is Not a Pacifist Country\' Monsieur le President talks exclusively to TIME'
link[6] = 'Foreign Affairs He may be shy of using force in Iraq, but the French President is no stranger to conflict'
link[7] = 'VIEWPOINT Friend or Faux? Americans feel betrayed by French attempts to stop a war against Iraq, says Jake Tapper'
link[8] = 'VIEWPOINT Collateral Damage Schröder\'s antiwar policy has ruptured Germany\'s historic alliance with the U.S, says Josef Joffe.'
link[9] = 'Voting With Their Feet In capital cities across the globe, unprecedented millions march against war in Iraq'
link[10] = 'PHOTO ESSAY Banner Headlines Protest is a serious business, but humor also gets the point across'
link[13] = 'War Torn There\'s a new gulf in Europe — between pro-U.S. leaders and antiwar majorities in their countries'
link[14] = '6 Reasons While the U.S. sends more men and matériel to the Gulf, most of America\'s allies say Bush should slow the war machine down'
link[15] = 'Pressure Cooker For Turkey\'s new leaders, war could split the government from the people'
link[16] = 'Doubts at Davos Mistrust of the U.S. is high on the agenda this year'
link[17] = 'Mad at America European antipathy toward America is on the rise. Can the alliance stand the strain?'
link[18]='VIEWPOINT No Time to Hide Musician Brian Eno says America needs to open up'
link[19]='VIEWPOINT Don\'t be Naive Commentator Christopher Caldwell says Europe needs to get real'
link[20]='The Chicken Defense U.S. troops will use \'\KFC\' to detect chemical attacks in Iraq'
link[21]='No Peace Dividend European businesses worry about the post-war cost of doveishness'
link[22]='Conflicted Tony Blair and his European allies are still swimming against a high tide of antiwar opinion'
link[23]='Can Turkey Turn No Into Yes? Ankara is set to ask parliament a second time to allow in U.S. troops'
link[24]='Removing Saddam is \'Dangerous And Foolish\' U.S. diplomat warns his former bosses over war in Iraq'
link[26]='Israel Is Obliged to Defend Itself Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz talked with TIME\'s Matt Rees and Aharon Klein '
link[27]='Hold the Freedom Fries Is it hard to be a Yankee in France today? Only when she reads the news from home, says Amanda Ripley'
link[28]='Uncle Osama Wants You A journalist infiltrates a radical network in Paris, and gets a rare glimpse of a terror recruiter in action'
link[29]='Taking a Stand on Stage Whether in classics, polemics or popular songs, this season there\'s no avoiding the theater of war'
link[30]='A Week in Hell At the precipice of war, facing mutiny at home, Tony Blair stays cool'
// -- select the first story
for (var i = 999 ; i > 0; --i) {
if (link[i] != null) {
document.write(
link[i] + '
'
)
used[i] = 'yes'
topStory = i
i = -1
}
}
// -- randomly select the next few stories up to the display limit
while ( n < displayTotal - 1) {
// -- Choose a random number between 0 and the next to latest story
var a = Math.round(Math.random() * topStory)
// -- Check to see if the story has already been used AND that it is a valid story
if (used[a] != 'yes' && link[a] != null){
document.write(
link[a] + '
'
)
used[a] = 'yes'
} else {
--n
}
++n
}