Well it's just a simple template system. There's no real good way to do it. One of them would be something like this.
PHP Code:
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news... whatever...");
while ($news = mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
$template->assign($news);
$template->parse('news');
}
EDIT:
Assuming the fields in the database are called "news", "date", and "content". Otherwise try this
PHP Code:
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news... whatever...");
while ($news = mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
$template->assign(array(
'title' => $news['title'],
'date' => $news['date'],
'content' => $news['content']
));
$template->parse('news');
}