<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<response>
<item1>
2007-06-14 23:46:42 [MRE] - 1
</item1>
<item1>
2007-06-14 23:47:34 [MRE] - 2
</item1>
<item1>
2007-06-14 23:47:48 [MRE] - 3
</item1>
<item1>
2007-06-15 01:07:13 [MRE] - 4
</item1>
</response>

function chat()
{
    var chat,chat_text,itemArray,html="";
    if (request.readyState == 4)
    {
        if (request.status == 200)
        {
            try
            {
                chat = delNode("chat");
                alert(request.responseText);
                var xmlResponse = request.responseXML;
                var xmlRoot = xmlResponse.documentElement;
                itemArray = xmlRoot.getElementsByTagName("item1");
                for (var i=0; i<itemArray.length; i++)
                    html += itemArray.item(i).firstChild.data;
                chat_text = document.createTextNode(html);
                chat.appendChild(chat_text);
            }
            catch(e)
            {
                alert("Ошибка чтения ответа: " + e.toString());
            }
        }
        else
            alert("Возникли проблемы во время получения данных: \n" + request.statusText);
    }
}