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if ((dd == "www.worldpress.org") || (dd == "worldpress.org") || (dd == "www.worldpressreview.com") || (dd == "worldpressreview.com")) {

  //initialize parameters if they are not defined
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  //create an array of headlines
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  wpr_headlines[1] = 'New global climate change deal urged';
  wpr_urls[1] = 'a href="http://www.worldpress.org/link.cfm?http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0129/1232923373232.html" target="_blank"';
  wpr_description[1] = 'Staff, The Irish Times, Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 29, 2009.';

  wpr_headlines[2] = 'UXOs pose a grave danger to returnees';
  wpr_urls[2] = 'a href="http://www.worldpress.org/link.cfm?http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=82628" target="_blank"';
  wpr_description[2] = 'Staff, IRIN, Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 29, 2009.';

  wpr_headlines[3] = 'A battle before a battle';
  wpr_urls[3] = 'a href="http://www.worldpress.org/link.cfm?http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KA29Df01.html" target="_blank"';
  wpr_description[3] = 'Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online, Hong Kong, China, Jan. 29, 2009.';

  wpr_headlines[4] = 'Brave new connections';
  wpr_urls[4] = 'a href="http://www.worldpress.org/link.cfm?http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13010794&fsrc=rss" target="_blank"';
  wpr_description[4] = 'Staff, The Economist, London, England, Jan. 29, 2009.';

  wpr_headlines[5] = 'Battling Aghan Drug Dealers';
  wpr_urls[5] = 'a href="http://www.worldpress.org/link.cfm?http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,604183,00.html#ref=rss" target="_blank"';
  wpr_description[5] = 'Victor Gilinsky, Der Spiegel, Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2009.';

  wpr_headlines[6] = 'IMF Predicts 2009 Growth Lowest Since World War II';
  wpr_urls[6] = 'a href="http://www.worldpress.org/link.cfm?http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45590" target="_blank"';
  wpr_description[6] = 'Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Rome, Italy, Jan. 29, 2009.';

  wpr_headlines[7] = 'Over 3,000 dead as cholera crisis in Zimbabwe worsens';
  wpr_urls[7] = 'a href="http://www.worldpress.org/link.cfm?http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29695&Cr=zimbabwe&Cr1=Cholera" target="_blank"';
  wpr_description[7] = 'UNDPI, UN News Centre, New York, NY, USA, Jan. 29, 2009.';

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  document.write('    <p><strong>More <a href="http://www.worldpress.org/latestnews.cfm">Editors\' Picks</a>.</strong></p>\n');
  
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}

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