[Moo] XML encoding in AJAX request

[dawnj2sb]

I am trying to create a news feed using an AJAX request of an XML
file. I finally got the request to work, but am unable to get HREFs
within the XML node values to render as actual links in the page.

This is the function I'm using:

var feedUrl = 'corpNewsFeed.xml';
        var request = new Request({url:feedUrl, method:'get',
            onSuccess : function(data, xml){
                nodes =
xml.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("newsItem");
                if (nodes.length > 0) {
                    for (i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
                        var newsItem = new Element('div', {
                                'id' : 'newsItem' + i,
                                'text' : nodes[i].getElementsByTagName("value")
[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
                        });
                        newsItem.inject($('newsContainer'));
                    };
                } else{alert("There are no news items today.");}
            },
            onFailure: function(error){alert("Error: " + error);}
        }).send();

And here are some news items:

<newsCatalog>
        <newsItem>
                <id>item1</id>
                <value>We are proud to announce we have bought <a href="http://
www.company.com" target="_blank">another company</a>.</value>
        </newsItem>
        <newsItem>
                <id>item2</id>
                <value>Profits are skyrocketing!</value>
        </newsItem>...

If I leave the XML file the way you see it, then everything after "We
are proud to announce we have bought..." doesn't render (although it
is returned in the AJAX response). If I change the HREF code to be
encoded:

<value>We are proud to announce we have bought &lt;a href=&quot;http://
www.company.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;another company&lt;/
a&gt;.</value>

Then it is rendered with the HREF code as part of the text and there
is no link. How do I turn it into a link? Which version is correct and
is it just a matter of attaching some MooTools charEncode function to
the values?