hier mal mein vorschlag:
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<font class="date">geschrieben am 31.2.2068 um 21:45</font></div>
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zu sehen hier:
http://juke.ju.funpic.de/news-test.htm
btw, ich garantiere nich für validität, aber auf allen browsern die ich getestet habe (ie, firefox, firebird, opera) geht es