diff --git a/xsl/xhtml.xsl b/xsl/xhtml.xsl
index 3edac40c2..cbf0b8c90 100644
--- a/xsl/xhtml.xsl
+++ b/xsl/xhtml.xsl
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
   xmlns:rss="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" 
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+  xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times"
   exclude-result-prefixes="xsl rss rdf">
   
 <xsl:include href="date.xsl" />
@@ -196,34 +197,32 @@
     </xsl:element>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template match="item">
-   <h3 class="news"><xsl:value-of select="@title"/></h3>
-
-   <small class="news_author">
-     <xsl:value-of select="@author"/> 
-   </small>
-
-   <xsl:variable name="datestring">
-     <xsl:call-template name="get-datestring">
-       <xsl:with-param name="date" select="@date" />
-     </xsl:call-template>
-   </xsl:variable>
-
-   <xsl:element name="small">
-     <xsl:attribute name="class">news_date</xsl:attribute>
-     <xsl:value-of select="concat(' @ ', $datestring)"/>
-   </xsl:element>
-
-   <div class="news">
-     <xsl:apply-templates/>
-   </div>
-
-   <hr class="news"/>
-  </xsl:template>
-
   <xsl:template match="news">
-    <xsl:for-each select="newsfile">
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="document(current())/item" />
+    <xsl:for-each select="document(newsfile)/item">
+      <xsl:sort select="date:seconds(@date)" data-type="number" order="descending" />
+
+      <h3 class="news"><xsl:value-of select="@title"/></h3>
+   
+      <small class="news_author">
+        <xsl:value-of select="@author"/> 
+      </small>
+   
+      <xsl:variable name="datestring">
+        <xsl:call-template name="get-datestring">
+          <xsl:with-param name="date" select="@date" />
+        </xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:variable>
+   
+      <xsl:element name="small">
+        <xsl:attribute name="class">news_date</xsl:attribute>
+        <xsl:value-of select="concat(' @ ', $datestring)"/>
+      </xsl:element>
+   
+      <div class="news">
+        <xsl:apply-templates/>
+      </div>
+   
+      <hr class="news"/>
 
     </xsl:for-each>
   </xsl:template>