You should specify a prefix for your namespace and use this prefix in your XPath expression.
The following should work:
Document document = reader.read(new File("findings.html"));
XPath xp = DocumentFactory.getInstance().createXPath(
"//xhtml:[EMAIL PROTECTED]'content_left']");
Map ns = new HashMap();
ns.put( "xhtml","http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";);
xp.setNamespaceURIs( ns);
List nodes = xp.selectNodes( document.getRootElement());
Good luck,
Edwin
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