var id = "n1";
var id1 = "n3";

function libObj(name)
{
    return document.getElementById(name) ? document.getElementById(name) : document.body.all[name] ?  document.body.all[name] : false;
}
function setNews() {
    var objNews = libObj(id);
    var obj1News = libObj(id1);
    if(!objNews) return false;
    objNews.style.display = "block";
    if(obj1News) obj1News.style.display = "block";

    if(lastNews) {
        lastNews.style.display = 'none';
        if(obj1News) last1News.style.display = 'none';
    }
    lastNews = objNews;
    if(obj1News) last1News = obj1News;
}

var secs;
var timerID = null
var timerRunning = false
var delay = 1000

function InitializeTimer()
{
    // Set the length of the timer, in seconds
	//alert("hola")
    secs = 12;
    StopTheClock()
    StartTheTimer()
}

function StopTheClock()
{
    if(timerRunning)
        clearTimeout(timerID)
    timerRunning = false
}

function StartTheTimer()
{

    if (secs==0)
    {
		
        StopTheClock()
        setNews(id);
        if (id == "n1" || id1 == "n3" ) {
            id = "n0";
            id1 = "n2";
        } else {
            id = "n1";
            id1 = "n3";
        }
        InitializeTimer();
    }
    else
    {
        //self.status = secs
        secs = secs - 1
        timerRunning = true
        timerID = self.setTimeout("StartTheTimer()", delay)
    }
}