How to strip namespace prefix

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I want to strip namespace prefix when I create string out of my xml here is 
what I get  
   <ent:service namespace="ognt" 
xmlns:ent="http://reisys.com/fema/ognt/schema/entity";>
    <ent:entity-definition>
      <ent:entity name="application">
      </ent:entity>
    </ent:entity-definition>
  </ent:service>
  
   and here is what I want
  <service namespace="ognt" 
xmlns:ent="http://reisys.com/fema/ognt/schema/entity";>
      <entity-definition>
        <entity name="application">
        </entity>
      </entity-definition>
    </service>
  
 
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