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Hi, Rajesh.

OK, I think I've got it figured out now, but I could sure be wrong (again).

I started another bunch of guessing, which I thought about leaving in this
note
for entertainment, but my vanity prevailed and I cut it out.  :-)

I really think the problem is simply that you are not specifying the URL
in the form that the slashdot site expects or allows.

You have "www." at the front of the URL, when slashdot does not appear
to allow it.

Evidence:

When, in my browser window, I try to visit this precise URL:
      http://www.slashdot.org/slashdot.xml
...I get a message about 'Access is denied.'  (Try it!)

But, when I try visiting the site WITHOUT the 'www.' in the URL:
      http://slashdot.org/slashdot.xml
...I get a page full of XML stuff about 'dc' (digital certificates?)
and <channel>s and <item>s and all kinds of gorp I don't understand.

So, try taking off the "www." and see what happens?

Good luck!  HTH.

-blair

P.S. (Interestingly, if you add a backslash to the end of your URL,
even including the 'www.' -- "http://www.slashdot.org/slashdot.xml\\";
(double backslash is required in Java String -- thanks C) -- the
data I get back is very different, including links to top news, etc.


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