how to get content type nodes in drupal 7?

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is there a way to get content type node in drupal 7 ?
lets say i have a content type (news) and i want last 5 or 10 node with their fields and image to show them in a block in front page.
so what is the specific functions to do that
like wordpress :
get_posts

and what if the site is multilingual and I’m using i18n module
is there a functions to get last 5 by English and other for other language ?

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  1. The easiest way to do that is to use the Views module

    You need Views if

    • You like the default front page view, but you find you want to sort it
      differently.
    • You like the default taxonomy/term view, but you find you want to sort it
      differently; for example,
      alphabetically.
    • You use /tracker, but you want to restrict it to posts of a certain
      type.
    • You like the idea of the ‘article’ module, but it doesn’t display
      articles the way you like.
    • You want a way to display a block with the 5 most recent posts of
      some particular type.
    • You want to provide ‘unread forum posts’.
    • You want a monthly archive similar to the typical Movable Type/Wordpress
      archives that displays a link to the
      in the form of “Month, YYYY (X)” where
      X is the number of posts that month,
      and displays them in a block. The
      links lead to a simple list of posts
      for that month.

    Views is also able to handle multilingual issues.