how can I put html tags into xsl? HELP please

Hi, I want to create an html file using an xslt document and xml data. I'm a xsl/xml begginer. I'm trying to group some divs into one table and the way I found to do it in the xslt is the following: ...

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.... But what I get in the html file is < and > instead of < and >. Of course I did't put inside the if element exactly what you see here (it brings an error), it's only what I want to appears in the html file. I have tried with several things, i.e CDATA, xsl:text, etc. But I obtain always the same result. How can I do this please? Thanx a lot in advance.