diff -Naurw moodle-clean/moodle/course/lib.php moodle-dev/course/lib.php
--- moodle-clean/moodle/course/lib.php	2008-05-22 01:18:21.000000000 +0100
+++ moodle-dev/course/lib.php	2009-05-12 14:23:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -765,6 +765,55 @@
         }
     }
 }
+function insertRecentNews($course){
+    global $CFG;
+    
+    $text='';
+    if (!$forum = forum_get_course_forum($course->id, 'news')) {
+        return'';
+    }
+    $modinfo = get_fast_modinfo($course);
+    if (empty($modinfo->instances['forum'][$forum->id])) {
+        return'';
+    }
+    $cm = $modinfo->instances['forum'][$forum->id];
+    $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_MODULE, $cm->id);
+/// First work out whether we can post to this group and if so, include a link
+    $groupmode    = groups_get_activity_groupmode($cm);
+    $currentgroup = groups_get_activity_group($cm, true);
+            
+    if (forum_user_can_post_discussion($forum, $currentgroup, $groupmode, $cm, $context)) {
+        $text .= '<div class="newlink"><a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/mod/forum/post.php?forum='.$forum->id.'">'.
+            get_string('addanewtopic', 'forum').'</a>...</div>';
+    }
+/// Get all the recent discussions we're allowed to see
+    if (! $discussions = forum_get_discussions($cm, 'p.modified DESC', false, 
+                                               $currentgroup, 3) ) {
+        //$text = '('.get_string('nonews', 'forum').')';
+    }
+/// Actually create the listing now
+    $strftimerecent = get_string('strftimerecent');
+    $strmore = get_string('more', 'forum');
+/// Accessibility: markup as a list.
+    $text .= "\n<ul class='unlist'>\n";
+    foreach ($discussions as $discussion) {
+        $discussion->subject = $discussion->name;
+        $discussion->subject = format_string($discussion->subject, true, $forum->course);
+        $text .= '<li class="post">'.
+                 '<div class="head">'.
+                 '<div class="date">'.userdate($discussion->modified, $strftimerecent).'</div>'.
+                 '<div class="name">'.fullname($discussion).'</div></div>'.
+                 '<div class="info">'.$discussion->subject.' '.
+                 '<a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/mod/forum/discuss.php?d='.$discussion->discussion.'">'.
+                 $strmore.'...</a></div>'.
+                 "</li>\n";
+    }
+    if($text!="\n<ul class='unlist'>\n"){
+        echo "<h4>News:</h4>";
+        $text .= "</ul>\n";
+        echo $text;
+    }
+}
 
 
 function print_overview($courses) {
@@ -795,6 +844,11 @@
                 echo $html;
             }
         }
+
+        require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/mod/forum/lib.php');   // We'll need this
+        insertRecentNews($course);
+
+
         print_simple_box_end();
     }
 }