Query to show images with recent posts in Wordpress sidebar/widget

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Published on 2010-04-11T19:51:26Z Indexed on 2010/04/11 19:53 UTC
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To show recent items from a Wordpress category in a widget I'm using this code...

<ul>
<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=1231&showposts=5"); while($recent->have_posts()) : 
$recent->the_post();?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>

...but how can I make this query also display the first image in each post, and is there any way to set a 'default' image in case there is no image?

Is there also a way to use thumbnails here, rather than loading the full size image and using HTML to resize?

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