How to remove only tag using jQuery?

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Published on 2010-04-27T06:04:47Z Indexed on 2010/04/27 6:13 UTC
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<div>
<ul>
<li><a href="#"><span>link</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#"><span>link</span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>

Hi I want to remove the span using jQuery, I have tried the .unwrap(); but its not working.

please do needful.

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