PLEASE HELP WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?

I have an xml list in the format of <COUNTRY value="blah" title="blah">bl ah blah</COUNTRY>

I have a asp dropdownlist that gets all its content from the extensive xml list and dropdownlist html format is:
Code:
<asp:DropDownList ID="mCOUNTRY" runat="server" Width="205" onmouseover="showHideTooltip()"> </asp
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