Getting "No Data Found." with the Following Code... Help!!

I am simply getting a "No Data Found." message displayed within my ActiveWidget table. Below is the code that I'm using...

My main page code:
<script language="javascript">
<!--

    //    create ActiveWidgets data model - XML-based table
    var table = new Active.XML.Table;

    //    provide data URL
    table.setURL("xmldata.php");

    //    start asyncronous data retrieval
    table.request();

    //    define column labels
    var columns = ["ID", "Institution", "Country", "Status", "Exp. Date", "Research Collab.", "Faculty Exch.", "Student Exch.", "Grad. Exch.", "Undergrad. Exch."];

    //    create ActiveWidgets Grid javascript object
    var obj = new Active.Controls.Grid;

    obj.setAction("click", function(src){  
        var i = src.getProperty("item/index");  
        var j = src.getColumnProperty("index");  
        if (j==1) {  
            var link = "imoa_edit.php?imoaid=" + this.getDataProperty("text", i, 0); 
            parent.hideSearchbox();
            document.location.href=link; 
        } ;  
    
    });  

    var row = new Active.Templates.Row;
    row.setEvent("onmouseover", "mouseover(this, 'active-row-highlight')");
    row.setEvent("onmouseout", "mouseout(this, 'active-row-highlight')");
    obj.setTemplate("row", row);         

    //    provide column labels
    obj.setColumnProperty("texts", columns);

    //    provide external model as a grid data source
    obj.setDataModel(table);

    //    write grid html to the page
    document.write(obj);

//-->
</script>
  The source XML "xmldata.php" page:<imoa>
    <application>
        <id>30</id>
        <institution>Agence de Développement Urbain (A.D.U.), Buskerud University College</institution>
        <country>Mauritania, Norway</country>
        <status>Current</status>
        <expdate>09-18-2006</expdate>
        <researchcollab>No</researchcollab>
        <facultyexch>Yes</facultyexch>        
        <studentexch>No</studentexch>
        <gradexch>Yes</gradexch>
        <undergradexch>No</undergradexch>                    
    </application>
    <application>
        <id>31</id>
        <institution>Al Farabi Kazakh National University</institution>
        <country>Kazakhstan</country>
        <status>Pending Renewal</status>
        <expdate></expdate>
        <researchcollab>Yes</researchcollab>
        <facultyexch>Yes</facultyexch>        
        <studentexch>No</studentexch>
        <gradexch>No</gradexch>
        <undergradexch>No</undergradexch>                    
    </application>
</imoa>    
  Any ideas why the widget is not working with this code, and simply saying "No Data Found."??

Thanks for your help!!

Accent in xml file

Agence de Développement
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