function nodeVal(el, tag) {

  return el.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

}

​

var xmlhttp = window.XMLHttpRequest?

  new XMLHttpRequest():

  new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); /*IE*/

​

xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function () {

  if (this.readyState == 4) {

    var XML,

        TXT = this.responseText;

​

    if (window.DOMParser){

      XML = new DOMParser().parseFromString(TXT,"text/xml");

    }else {

      XML = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");

      XML.async = false;

      XML.loadXML(TXT);

    }

    var el  = XML.getElementsByTagName("country");

    var html = "<table border='1'>";

​

    for(var i=0; i<el.length; i++){

     html += "<tr><td>"+ nodeVal(el[i], "name") +"</td>"+

                 "<td>"+ nodeVal(el[i],"users") +"</td></tr>";

    }

    html += "</table>";

    document.body.innerHTML = html; 

  }

};

​

xmlhttp.open("GET", "luwos/1/js/", false);

xmlhttp.send();