function fetch_forum_posts($n_posts) /* n_posts is the number of messages you wish to fetch */
{       /* change the following for your forum GLOBALS paths!!! */
        include_once "forum/fud/include/GLOBALS.php";
        
        $cid = mysql_connect($DBHOST, $DBHOST_USER, $DBHOST_PASSWORD);
	$tbl = $DBHOST_TBL_PREFIX;
        $r = mysql_db_query($DBHOST_DBNAME, "SELECT resource_id FROM ".$tbl."group_cache WHERE user_id=0 AND group_cache_opt>>1&1=1", $cid);
        $lm='';
        while( list($id) = mysql_fetch_row($r) ) $lm .= $id.',';
        $lm = substr($lm, 0, -1);

        $r = mysql_db_query($DBHOST_DBNAME, "SELECT
                                                ".$tbl."msg.id,
                                                ".$tbl."msg.subject,
                                                ".$tbl."thread.last_post_date,
                                                ".$tbl."thread.last_post_id
                                        FROM
                                                ".$tbl."thread
                                        INNER JOIN ".$tbl."msg
                                                ON ".$tbl."thread.root_msg_id=".$tbl."msg.id
                                        WHERE
                                                ".$tbl."thread.forum_id IN (".$lm.") AND
                                                ".$tbl."msg.apr=1
                                        ORDER by
                                                ".$tbl."thread.last_post_id DESC
                                        LIMIT ".$n_posts, $cid);
        while( $obj = mysql_fetch_object($r) ) {
                /* Here you do your actual code, below is a working example */
				$tm = date("d/m/Y H:i", $obj->last_post_date);
                echo "<p><SPAN CLASS=\"date\">".$tm."</SPAN> - <a href=\"".$WWW_ROOT."index.php?t=msg&goto=".$obj->id."\">".$obj->subject."</a> <a href=\"".$WWW_ROOT."index.php?t=tree&goto=".$obj->last_post_id."\">&raquo;&raquo;</a></p>\n";
        }
        mysql_free_result($r);
}

/*Here goes the actual call of the function!
Insert the number of posts you wish to pull instead of 10
And insert the call in the place you wish it to show the list */
fetch_forum_posts(10);