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<?php
$exclude_cat = stripslashes( get_option($shortname.'_exclude_cat_latest_news') );

// Remove any space
$exclude_cat = str_replace(' ', '', $exclude_cat);

// Explode the string into array
$exclude_cat = explode(',', $exclude_cat);
$latest_news_total = stripslashes( get_option($shortname.'_latest_news_total') );

// Start fetching content
$args = array('showposts' => $latest_news_total, 'category__not_in' => $exclude_cat, 'paged' => $paged);
query_posts($args);

	if (have_posts()) :
?>
    <!-- START: LATEST POSTS -->
	<div id="latest-posts" class="clearfix">
		<div class="caption">
			<h3 class="title"><?php _e('Latest Articles', 'warrior'); ?></h3>
		</div>
<?php
		while (have_posts()) : the_post();
?>

	<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('clearfix'); ?>>
		<h2 class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
		<?php warrior_post_info(); ?>
		<div class="thumb"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php warrior_thumbnail( 'both', '100', '100', 'post-thumb', get_the_title()); ?></a></div>
		<p><?php echo warrior_excerpt('300'); ?></p>
	</div>

<?php
		endwhile;
?>
    </div>
    <!-- END: LATEST POSTS -->		
    
    <div class="navigation clearfix">
		<?php previous_posts_link(__('&laquo; Previous', 'warrior')); ?>
		<?php next_posts_link(__('Next &raquo;', 'warrior')); ?>
	</div>
<?php
	endif;

wp_reset_query();
?>