Regex Parsing Bad XML

I'm trying to learn to use regex and can't get the following to work quite right: <ns\w+)>.*<ns:\1> with the following malformed xml: <ns:enc><ns:td>third</ns:td><ns:enc> If it's on the same line (no line feeds, returns) it works (it will find the entire line, which is what I want). Note: I'm trying to find the matching malformed closing ns:enc. Any help?

The unhappy face is supposed to be a : followed by a (

 

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<ns\w+)>.*<ns:\1>[code] that works if the xml is all on one line like: [code]<ns:enc><ns:td>third</ns:td><ns:enc>[code] It will match the entire line (like I want).  However, if the xml is: 
[code]<ns:enc>
<ns:td>third</ns:td>
<ns:enc>[code] as you would expect (each node on a separate line), it does not match.

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Finally figured it on my own. Thanks anyway guys. =)