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this my index.php for my theme and it still doesnt work.. any idea?

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">

	<?php /* If this is a category archive */  if (is_category()) { ?>
	<div class="notice"><p>You are currently browsing the <?php single_cat_title(''); ?> category.</p></div>

	<?php /* If this is a yearly archive */ } elseif (is_day()) { ?>
	<div class="notice"><p>You are currently browsing the archives for the day <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y'); ?>.</p></div>

	<?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (is_month()) { ?>
	<div class="notice"><p>You are currently browsing the archives for <?php the_time('F, Y'); ?>.</p></div>

	<?php /* If this is a yearly archive */ } elseif (is_year()) { ?>
	<div class="notice"><p>You are currently browsing the archives for the year <?php the_time('Y'); ?>.</p></div>

	<?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (is_search()) { ?>
	<div class="notice"><p>You searched for <strong><?php the_search_query(); ?></strong>, here are your results: </p></div>

	<?php } ?> 

	<?php query_posts('category_name=news');

	if (have_posts()) : ?>

	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
			<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

			<p><?php the_content('Continue Reading...'); ?>
			<div class="post-details"> <h3>Posted <?php $elixir->timesince() ?> ago at <?php the_time() ?> by <?php the_author(); ?></p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>#comments"><?php comments_number('Add a comment','1 comment','% comments'); ?></a></h3></div>
			</p>
		</div>
	<?php endwhile; ?>
	<?php else : ?>
	<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
		<h2>Nothing to see here</h2>
		<p>You seemed to have found a mislinked file, page, or search query with zero results. If you feel that you've reached this page in error, double check the URL and or search string and try again.</p>
		<p>Alternatively, a more personalized method of tracking down and searching for content can be found <a href="#bottom_box">below</a>.</p>
	</div>
	<?php endif; ?>

	<div class="nextprevious">
		<div class="left"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older Entries') ?></div>
		<div class="right"><?php previous_posts_link('Recent Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
	</div>
	<div class="clear"></div>
</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

nevermind me.. i got it done.. i should edit my index.php -.-

I still dont get it ??

I would like to have my news category to be my static front page. On which file should i edit with query post?

I have page.php on my theme. Should I edit it to something like this?

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content" class="page">

	<?php 

	query_posts('category_name=news');

	if (have_posts()) : ?>
	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
			<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2><br />

			<?php the_content(); ?>

		</div>
	<?php endwhile; ?>

	<?php endif; ?>
			<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?>

		<?php comments_template(); ?>
</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>