$result = dbquery("SELECT news_id, news_subject FROM ".$db_prefix."news WHERE news_cat='17' ORDER BY news_id DESC LIMIT 10");  

  while ($news = mysql_fetch_array($result)){   

   echo'<a href="'.BASEDIR.'news.php?readmore='.$news['news_id'].'">'.trimlink($news['news_subject'], 35).'</a><br>';   

}