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Ok this is a simple problem that I'm just overlooking and can't find

I'm getting this error:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `','' or `';'' in /www/worldlinks/members/patrickmcdaniel/index.php on line 42

When I run this:

PHP Code:

<?php
// Set title
$pagetitle = "PatrickMcDaniel.net - Made of 1% content, 99% \"miscellaneous\"";

//get the global file
include ("global.php");

// Get date
$today = date("F j, Y");

// Get the header file
include ("includes/header.php");

//This will select topics from the topics table listing in descending order by the topic ID(tid)
$sql = "SELECT * FROM $topics_table WHERE forum_id='$newsid' order by tid desc";
$sql_topic = mysql_query($sql) or 
    die (mysql_error());
?>

<center>
<table bgcolor="#DFDFDF" width=95%>
    <tr>
        <td><b>Patrick's Propaganda</b>
        <br>
        <br>
<?php

//Creates the while loop
while($topic = mysql_fetch_array($sql_topic))
{
$news_sql = mysql_query("select * from $posts_table WHERE topic_id='$topic[tid]' order by pid asc") or
                die(mysql_error());
$post=mysql_fetch_array($news_sql);


$date = date ("D, j M Y h:i A" ,$post["post_date"]);

?>
<center>
<table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width=95%>
    <tr>
        <td bgcolor="#BDBCBC"><?php echo "" . $topic["title"] . " Posted By: [<a href=\"forums/index.php?act=Profile&CODE=03&MID=" . $topic["starter_id"] ."\">" . $topic["starter_name"] . "</a>] on" $date ""; ?></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><?php echo $post["post"]; ?>
        <br>
        <DIV align="right">
        <?php
        if ($topic[posts] == "0" {
        echo "<a href=\forums\index.php?act=ST&f=10&t=$topic[tid]&s=\">Comment</a>";
        } else {
        echo "<a href=\forums\index.php?act=ST&f=10&t=$topic[tid]&s=\">Comment (" . $topic["posts"] . ")</a>";
        }
        ?>
        </DIV>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>
</center>
<br><br>
<?php
}
?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
<?php

// Get the footer file
include ("includes/footer.php");

?>

Line 42:

PHP Code:

    <td bgcolor="#BDBCBC"><?php echo "" . $topic["title"] . " Posted By: [<a href=\"forums/index.php?act=Profile&CODE=03&MID=" . $topic["starter_id"] ."\">" . $topic["starter_name"] . "</a>] on" $date ""; ?></td>

So could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?