function setRegionCookie(value, text)
{
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(3*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		removeCookie("Region");
		removeCookie("Regionname");
		document.cookie = "Region="+value+expires+"; path=/";
		document.cookie = "Regionname="+escape(text)+expires+"; path=/";
		return true;
}

function getRegionCookie()
{
	var nameEQ = "Region=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	//default region:North America(12)
	var regionval =12;
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++)
	{
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) regionval = c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	alert(regionval);
	return regionval;
}

function removeCookie(cookiename)
{
	var nameEQ = cookiename + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	//default region:North America(12)
	var regionval =12;
	var cookieexists = false;
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++)
	{
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) {
			regionval = c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
			cookieexists = true;
		}
	}
	//alert(regionval);
	if (cookieexists) document.cookie=+nameEQ+regionval+';expries=Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:00:00;';
	//return regionval;
}

function setLongRegionCookie(value, text, home, days)
{
		var cookietime = 24*60*60*1000;
		if (days == "true") cookietime = 365*5*24*60*60*1000;
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+ cookietime);
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		removeCookie("Region");
		removeCookie("Regionname");
		removeCookie("Languagehome");
		document.cookie = "Region="+value+expires+"; path=/";
		document.cookie = "Regionname="+escape(text)+expires+"; path=/";
		document.cookie = "Languagehome="+escape(home)+expires+"; path=/";
		return true;
}