Shoutbox

if i have in a table:

code:

---

<td class="newsitem">

---

and in the CSS:

code:

---

a.newsitem {
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
}

---

shouldnt the links in that table cell be black
i also have in the CSS

code:

---

a {
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-decoration: none;
}

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because the rest of the link in the page SHOULD be white, just not the ones in that particular table cell. is there a way to do that?