[lxml] Turn three-line block into single?

Hello, Before I  resort to a regex, I figured I should ask here. To find and remove possible duplicates, I need to turn each block into a single line: FROM   <wpt lat="46.98520" lon="6.8831">     <name>blah</name>   </wpt> TO   <wpt lat="46.98520" lon="6.8831"><name>blah</name></wpt> Do you know of a way to do this in lxml? Thank you.