Even after escaping the, 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $tag;
while (<DATA>) {
s/\s*<\s*(\/?)\s*(\w+)\s*>\s*/$1?"\n\n":"\n\n\{$2\}\n\n"/ge;
    chomp;
        s/[\cA-\cZ]//g;     # To remove control characters
#print "Again printing the \$_ : $_\n";
        s/^[\\|<]$//g; # To delete the character like \ and < at the e
+nd of the line
        s/[\\|<]$//; # To delete the character like \ and < at the beg
+ining of the line
        s/^\s+//g;  # To remove multiple spaces at the begining of the
+ line
        s/\s+$//g; # To remove  spaces at the end  of the line
if (/^\{(.*)\}$/) {
$tag = $1;
print "The tag is $tag\n";
    }
}
__DATA__
{SOURCETAG}
0904230634
{DATE}
090424
{EDITION}
1
{HEADLINE}
heredero del famoso deportista mexicano, lucha por enaltecer la vida y
+ obra
del autor de sus dM-mas
{SOURCE}
Por Gisela Orozco 312.527.8461/ Chicago\ <LINE> Por Gisela Orozco< TTL
+>312.527.8461/ Chicago</TTL>

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The tag is SOURCETAG
The tag is DATE
The tag is EDITION
The tag is HEADLINE
The tag is SOURCE

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In reply to Re^2: regular expression ignores two lines by Anonymous Monk
in thread regular expression ignores two lines by Anonymous Monk

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