var re = /news_(.*).shtml/i;
var ar = re.exec(document.URL);
var currentTime = new Date();
var thisyear = currentTime.getFullYear();
if (ar)
   year = ar[1];
else
   year = thisyear;

document.write('<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr>');
for (i=thisyear; i>=2002; i--) {
    document.write('<td background="../images/button.gif" width="82" height="24"');
    document.write('class="txt1" align="center">');
    if (i != year)
       document.write('<a href="news_' + i + '.shtml">');
       document.write(i);
}
document.write('</tr></table>');