function makeRequest(url) {
        var http_request = false;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
            try {
                http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {
                try {
                    http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                } catch (e) {}
            }
        }

        if (!http_request) {
            alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { callBack(http_request); };
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

    }

    function callBack(http_request) {

        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
				var xmldoc = http_request.responseXML;
				var root_node = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('content').item(0);
				document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = root_node.firstChild.data;
                //alert(http_request.responseText);
            } else {
                 document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = 'There was a problem with the request.';
            }
        }

    }