python & lxml: adding empty element into an etree

How can I add an empty element like <br/> to an ElementTree in Python?

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The same way you would add a non-empty element.

>>> from lxml import etree
>>> f = etree.fromstring('<document></document>')
>>> ele = etree.Element('br')   # the element to be inserted
>>> f.insert(0, ele)
>>> print etree.tostring(f, pretty_print=True)
<document>
  <br/>
</document>