Remove href tag from HTML text

Hi guys, I've got an html text in my iOS app (Adobe AIR 3.7) and I need to remove the href tag.

Here's an example of what I mean:

FROM

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.spesaduepuntozero.it/">Spesa 2.0</a>

TO

Spesa 2.0

Can you help me?

NOTE: I don't have to remove ALL HTML TAGS (like <br>, <b>, <i> ....) but ONLY the links.

Thanks and cheers