function sendRequest(url) {
	var req = createXMLHTTPObject();
	if (!req) return;
	req.open("GET",url,false);
//	req.setRequestHeader('User-Agent','XMLHTTP/1.0');
	req.send(null);
	return req.responseXML;
}

var XMLHttpFactories = [
	function () {return new XMLHttpRequest()},
	function () {return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")},
	function () {return new ActiveXObject("Msxml3.XMLHTTP")},
	function () {return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}
];

function createXMLHTTPObject() {
	var xmlhttp = false;
	for (var i=0;i<XMLHttpFactories.length;i++) {
		try {
			xmlhttp = XMLHttpFactories[i]();
		}
		catch (e) {
			continue;
		}
		break;
	}
	return xmlhttp;
}