xml throwing NullPointer exception

Can anyone see why the following XML file should throw NullPointerexception?

If I remove all reference to the array hrs_to_wait_value, it is ok.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string-array name="hrs_to_wait_options">
<item>1 hour</item>
<item>2 hours</item>
<item>3 hours</item>
<item>4 hours</item>
<item>5 hours</item>
<item>6 hours</item>
<item>7 hours</item>
<item>8 hours</item>
<item>9 hours</item>
<item>10 hours</item>
<item>11 hours</item>
<item>12 hours</item>
<item>13 hours</item>
<item>14 hours</item>
<item>15 hours</item>
<item>16 hours</item>
<item>17 hours</item>
<item>18 hours</item>
<item>19 hours</item>
<item>20 hours</item>
</string-array>

<array name="hrs_to_wait_values">
<item>1</item>
<item>2</item>
<item>3</item>
<item>4</item>
<item>5</item>
<item>6</item>
<item>7</item>
<item>8</item>
<item>9</item>
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<item>11</item>
<item>12</item>
<item>13</item>
<item>14</item>
<item>15</item>
<item>16</item>
<item>17</item>
<item>18</item>
<item>19</item>
<item>20</item>
</array>


</resources>

Maybe am I mistaken, but I think that your issue is caused indeed by your XML. You wrote this for the first array :

<string-array name="hrs_to_wait_options">
<item>1 hour</item>
<item>2 hours</item>
.
.
.
</string-array>

And, this for the 2nd :

<array name="hrs_to_wait_values">
<item>1</item>
<item>2</item>
.
.
.
</array>

And you actually don't have the "string-" in the name. As I assume that you are using this in some kind of spinner or something of the sort, you have to use string-arrays If i remember well. Try changing it to this :

<string-array name="hrs_to_wait_values">
<item>1</item>
<item>2</item>
.
.
.
</string-array>