Most likely this is because they've introduced a default namespace ( xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NewsML/2003-10-10/" ) into their document. SimpleXML's support for default namespaces is not very good, to put it mildly.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.