here sir... error upon mysql_num_rows()   
<script src="js/jquery-1.5.1.min.js"></script> 
<script src="js/jquery-ui.js"></script> 
<script src="js/truncate.js"></script> 
<script> 
	$(function() { 
		$(".news_content").truncate({max_length: 200});   
		$("#dialog:ui-dialog").dialog("destroy");   
		$("#product_details").dialog({ 
			autoOpen: false,  
			height: 370, 
			width: 300, 
			modal: true, 
			buttons: { 
				Close: function() { 
					$( this ).dialog( "close" ); 
				} 
			} 
		}); 
	});   
	function show_details(product_id) 
	{ 
		var myData = "id=" + product_id + "&purpose=" + "product_details"; 
		$.ajax({ 
					type: "POST", 
					url: "modules/sessionset.php", 
					data: myData, 
					cache: true,  
					success: function(){ 
						$('#product_details').load("modules/methodholder.php"); 
					}, 
					error: function(){ 
						alert('Failed to load.'); 
					} 
				}); 
		$("#product_details").dialog("open"); 
	} 
</script>   
<table> 
<tr valign="top"> 
<td colspan="5"> 
	<table> 
    <tr> 
    	<th class="home_header">News Feed</th> 
    </tr> 
<?php 
	include ("connect.php"); 
	$sqlQuery = "SELECT * FROM NEWS WHERE status = 'Active' ORDER BY 1 DESC"; 
	$newsdetails = mysql_query($sqlQuery); 
	$new_ctr = mysql_num_rows($newsdetails); 
	if ($new_ctr >= 1) 
	{ 
		while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($newsdetails))  || ($ctr == 5)) 
		{ 
			echo "<tr>";			 
			echo "<td colspan='5'>" . $row['title'] . "</td>"; 
			echo "</tr>"; 
			echo "<tr>"; 
			echo "<td class='news_content' colspan='5'>" . $row['content'] . "</td>"; 
			echo "</tr>"; 
		} 
		echo "<tr>";			 
		echo "<td><a href='news.php'>View All</a></td>"; 
		echo "</tr>"; 
	} 
	else 
	{ 
		echo "<tr>"; 
		echo "<td>No news update.</td>"; 
		echo "</tr>"; 
	} 
?> 
    </table> 
</td> 
</tr> 
<tr><td colspan="5" width="800"><hr /></td></tr> 
<tr valign="top"> 
<td> 
	<table> 
	<tr> 
    	<th class="home_header">New Products</th> 
    </tr> 
    <tr> 
<?php 
	include ("connect.php"); 
	$sqlQuery = "SELECT * FROM PRODUCT WHERE date_added >= subdate(curdate(), INTERVAL 7 DAY) AND status = 'Available' ORDER BY date_added DESC LIMIT 10"; 
	$newproduct = mysql_query($sqlQuery);   
	$new_ctr = mysql_num_rows($newproduct); 
	if ($new_ctr >= 1) 
	{ 
		$ctr = 1; 
		while($row = mysql_fetch_array($newproduct))  
		{ 
			echo "<td align='center' class='cell'>"; 
			echo "<a onclick='show_details(\"" . $row['product_id'] . "\")'><img height='70px' src='images/products/" . $row['product_code'] . ".jpg' alt='no image' /></a><br/>"; 
			echo "<a onclick='show_details(\"" . $row['product_id'] . "\")'>" . $row['product_code'] . "<br />"; 
			echo $row['model'] . "<br />"; 
			echo $row['price'] . ".00 Php<br />"; 
			echo "</td>"; 
			if($ctr == 5) 
			{ 
				echo "</tr><tr>"; 
				$ctr = 1; 
			} 
			else 
			{ 
				$ctr++; 
			} 
		} 
		echo "</tr>"; 
		echo "<tr>";			 
		echo "<td><a href='products.php'>View All Products</a></td>"; 
		echo "</tr>"; 
	} 
	else 
	{ 
		echo "<tr>"; 
		echo "<td>No new product. <a href='products.php'>View All</a></td>"; 
		echo "</tr>"; 
	} 
?> 
	</table> 
</td> 
</tr> 
<tr><td colspan="5" width="800"><hr /></td></tr> 
<tr valign="top"> 
<td> 
	<table> 
	<tr> 
    	<th class="home_header">Updated Products</th> 
    </tr> 
    <tr> 
<?php 
	$sqlQuery = "SELECT * FROM PRODUCT WHERE date_updated >= (subdate(curdate(), INTERVAL 7 DAY)) AND (date_updated != date_added) AND status = 'Available' ORDER BY date_updated DESC LIMIT 10"; 
	$updated = mysql_query($sqlQuery);   
	$updated_ctr = mysql_num_rows($updated); 
	if ($updated_ctr >= 1) 
	{ 
		$ctr = 1; 
		while($row = mysql_fetch_array($updated))  
		{ 
			echo "<td align='center' class='cell'>"; 
			echo "<a onclick='show_details(\"" . $row['product_id'] . "\")'><img height='70px' src='images/products/" . $row['product_code'] . ".jpg' alt='no image' /></a><br/>"; 
			echo "<a onclick='show_details(\"" . $row['product_id'] . "\")'>" . $row['product_code'] . "<br />"; 
			echo $row['model'] . "<br />"; 
			echo $row['price'] . ".00 Php<br />"; 
			echo "</td>"; 
			if($ctr == 5) 
			{ 
				echo "</tr><tr>"; 
				$ctr = 1; 
			} 
			else 
			{ 
				$ctr++; 
			} 
		} 
		echo "</tr>"; 
		echo "<tr>";			 
		echo "<td><a href='products.php'>View All</a></td>"; 
		echo "</tr>"; 
	} 
	else 
	{ 
		echo "<tr>"; 
		echo "<td>No updated product. <a href='products.php'>View All</a></td>"; 
		echo "</tr>"; 
	} 
?> 
	</table> 
</td>   
</tr> 
</table> 
<div id="product_details" title="Product Details">   
</div>   
by the way sir... everything is working, i tested it in my WAMP Server...