$r = new WP_Query(array('showposts' => 10, 'what_to_show' => 'posts', 'nopaging' => 0, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'caller_get_posts' => 1));
if ($r->have_posts()) :
?>

have_posts()) : $r->the_post(); ?>

wp_reset_query();
endif;
?>