//Function for the onchange event of the country drop down list
function CountryList_onChange()
{
        var baseurl="http://www.osme.org/";

        var o = document.getElementById("CountryList");
	if(o)
	{
		//Get the selected index
		var selectedIndex = o.selectedIndex;

		//If the first item isn't selected (i.e "Choose a country...")
		if(selectedIndex > 0)
        	{
			//Get the selected country

			if(o.options[selectedIndex].value)
            {
				var country = o.options[selectedIndex].value;
			}
			else
            {
				var country = o.options[selectedIndex].text;
			}

			//Remove any spaces
			country = country.replace( /\s+/g, "");

			//Force to lower case
			country = country.toLowerCase();

			//Create a url string

 			var url = baseurl + "countries/" + country + ".shtml";

			//Go to the appropriate page
			location.href = url;




              }

            }

}