In addition to Greg's response (that the XML needs a containing element), your XPath expression is selecting the wrong thing.
Part of the problem is that your XML sample is not correct: You're missing the namespace declaration though you're using namespaces, and you're missing a containing tag. The first can be worked around but the second needs a tweak to the XML.
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