There are many problems here - first, why are you looping like that: 
for (@list) {
   $list[$count]; #yadda yadda
   $count++;
}

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Either use the elements of the list or access the indexes like so: 
for my $count (0..$#list) {
   $list[$count]; #yadda yadda
}

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Second - use a Parser! If HTML::LinkExtor won't do the job then try HTML::TokeParser or HTML::Parser. You did not specify what you are trying to accomplish with this code, so i can't really help you much more. Even though you have managed to get this technique to work on other pages, i still question it's robustness. Trust me, use a parser - it might even be as simple as: 
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
use HTML::TokeParser;

my $data   = do {local $/;<DATA>};
my $parser = HTML::TokeParser->new(\$data);

my %hash;
while (my $tag = $parser->get_tag('a')) {
   $hash{$tag->[1]->{href}}++;
}

print Dumper \%hash;


__DATA__
<tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="left" valign="top"> <table C
+ELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><tr><td> <a href="page.cfm?objectid=11
+933900&method=full&siteid=50144" CLASS="smallteaserpic">Costly false 
+alarms</a><BR> <font CLASS="headtypea">
A new policy aimed at tackling the huge waste of police time attending
+ false security alarm calls is to be introduced this week <a href="pa
+ge.cfm?objectid=11933900&method=full&siteid=50144">more</a>
</font>
</td></tr></table> <p> <table CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><tr><td>
+ <a href="page.cfm?objectid=11933890&method=full&siteid=50144" CLASS=
+"smallteaserpic">Mindless yobs terrorise OAP's</a><BR>

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jeffa

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-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Problems splitting HTML in to hash table by jeffa
in thread Problems splitting HTML in to hash table by Popcorn Dave

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