<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? >
<links>
<link id="1">
   <text>Mozilla</text>
   <url>http://www.mozilla.com/</url>
</link>
<link id="2">
   <text>Microsoft</text>
   <url>http://www.microsoft.com/</url>
</link>
<link id="1">
   <text>Opera</text>
   <url>http://www.opera.com/</url>
</link>
</links>

 $.ajax({
	      type: 'get',
	      dataType: 'xml',	
	      url: 'http://tanzverfuehrung.bplaced.net/filemanager/Test3.xml',
		  mimeType: 'application/xml',
	      beforeSend: function() {
	        // before send the request, displays a "Loading..." messag in the element where the response will be placed
	        $('body').html('Loading...');
	      },
	      timeout: 10000,        // sets timeout for the request (10 seconds)
	      error: function(xhr, status, error) { alert('Error: '+ xhr.status+ ' - '+ error); },     // alert a message in case of error
	      dataType: 'xml',
	      success: function(response) {
	        $('body').html('');        // removes the "loading..." notification from "body"

	        // gets and parse each child element in <links>
	        $(response).find('links').children().each(function() {
	          // gets the "id", "title", and "url" of current child element
	          var elm = $(this);
	          var id = elm.attr('id');
	          var text = elm.find('text').text();
	          var url = elm.find('url').text();

	          // displays data
	          $('body').append(id+ ') Text: <b>'+ text+ '</b> -- URL: <b><i>'+ url+ '</i></b><br />');
	        });
	      }
	    });