diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/latestnews_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/latestnews_menu.php
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+++ b/e107_plugins/news/latestnews_menu.php
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+<?php
+
+if (!defined('e107_INIT')) { exit; }
+
+//require_once(e_HANDLER.'news_class.php');
+
+parse_str($parm, $parm);
+$nitem = e107::getObject('e_news_item');
+$nitem->load(1);
+
+$template = '
+{NEWS_FIELD=title|format=html&arg=0,TITLE}<br />
+<em>{NEWS_FIELD=datestamp|format=date}</em><br /><br />
+{NEWS_FIELD=body|format=html_truncate&arg=100,...}
+';
+
+//New way of parsing batches - pass object, all sc_* methods will be auto-registered
+$ret = e107::getParser()->parseTemplate($template, true, $nitem);
+e107::getRender()->tablerender('Latest News', $ret, 'latest_news');
+
+
+//print_a $nitem->getData();
+/*
+$ret .= '<br /><br />Render Tree<br />';
+$ntree = new e_news_tree();
+foreach ($ntree->load(1)->getTree() as $nitem) 
+{
+	$ret .= ' - '.$nitem->get('title').'<br/>';
+	//print_a $nitem->getData();
+}
+*/