Use YQL to convert XML to JSON in your sleep

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<!-- Use YQL to convert XML to JSON in your sleep -->
<!-- Introduced in YDN blog post: http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2010/03/yql_code_samples_yql_is_easy_to_use.html -->

<script src="http://yui.yahooapis.com/3.0.0/build/yui/yui-min.js"></script>
<ul>UN Headlines:</ul>
<script>
var Y = new YUI();
function handleResponse ( json ) {
    var items = json.query.results.item;
    for ( var i = 0; i < items.length; i++ ) {
        Y.one( 'ul' ).append( '<li>'+items[i].title+'</li>' );
    }
};

// ref: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/3/node/
Y.use('node', function ( Y ) {
    
    //when the DOM node utility is ready, fetch the data
    Y.Get.script( "http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20rss%20where%20url%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.un.org%2Fapps%2Fnews%2Frss%2Frss_top.asp'&format=json&diagnostics=false&callback=handleResponse" );
} );

// run the query in the YQL console: http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console/?q=select%20*%20from%20rss%20where%20url%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.un.org%2Fapps%2Fnews%2Frss%2Frss_top.asp%27
</script>