function matchHeight() 
{
    var divs, contDivs, maxHeight, divHeight, d;

    // get the <div> elements named in the argument

    //    divs = document.getElementsByTagName('div');
    
//           document.p7eqc=new Array(); 
//        document.p7eqc[0]=arguments[0];


    divs = new Array();
    for (i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
    
        var oElement = document.getElementById(arguments[i]);
        if (!(oElement == null))
            divs[i] = oElement;
    }
    
    contDivs = [];

    // initialize maximum height value 

    maxHeight = 0;

    // iterate over all <div> elements in the document 

    for (var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {

        // make collection with <div> elements with class attribute 'container'
        //if (/\bcontainer\b/.test(divs[i].className)) {

        // make collection with <div> elements with class attribute 'smnewsblock'
        //

//        if ((divs[i].className == 'smnewsblock')) 
//        {

            d = divs[i];

            contDivs[contDivs.length] = d;

            // determine height for <div> element

            if (d.offsetHeight) {
                divHeight = d.offsetHeight;
            }
            else if (d.style.pixelHeight) {
                divHeight = d.style.pixelHeight;
            }

            // calculate maximum height 

            maxHeight = Math.max(maxHeight, divHeight);
//        }

    }

    // assign maximum height value to all of container <div> elements

    for (var i = 0; i < contDivs.length; i++) {

        if (contDivs[i].offsetHeight) {
            divHeight = contDivs[i].offsetHeight;
        }
        else if (contDivs[i].style.pixelHeight) {
            divHeight = contDivs[i].style.pixelHeight;
        }

        if (divHeight < maxHeight) {
            contDivs[i].style.paddingBottom = (maxHeight - divHeight) + "px";
        }
    }

}

//window.onload = function() {

//if (document.getElementsByTagName) 
//    {
//        matchHeight("newsDiv2", "newsDiv3", "newsDiv4", "newsDiv5");

//    }

//}