hoow to display '''recent posts'

_I activated the plugin ‘recent posts (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recent-posts/installation/)

buut i need help! how do i0 use thse function in thie hommme page of my site (not the wp dir)

ie:

wp -is ctyh.curenmd.org/news
andf i want to list recent posts in ctyh.curenmd.org/index.php

how?