function loadXML(xmlURL)
{
   var xmlDoc;
   
   if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument)
   {
      xmlDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", null);
   }
   else
   {
      xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
   }
   xmlDoc.async = false;
   xmlDoc.load(xmlURL);

   return xmlDoc;
}