function externalLinks() {
 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
 var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
 for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
   var anchor = anchors[i];
   if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&
       anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external")
     anchor.target = "_blank";
 }
}
window.onload = externalLinks;


///letter changing
var currLetter='A'; 
function changeLetter(changeTo){

if (currLetter) $('letter' + currLetter).className='';
$('letter' + changeTo).className='letterSelected'

new Ajax.Updater( 'countryResults', 'xfnc/countryResults.inc.php',{
method: 'get',  parameters:'thisLetter='+changeTo+'&ajax=true'
,onLoading:   function(){ $('countryResults').innerHTML ='<div align=center  ><br><br><img src=../_ajax/loading2.gif  ></div>'  }
,onComplete:  function(){ }
})
currLetter=changeTo;
return false;
}
///letter changing