Linebreak and lists?

Hi there,

im having trouble with some lists im working with… this is my htmlcode:

<p>this is a list:
<ul>
 <li>asd</li>
 <li>asdasd</li>
 <li>asd<br></li>
</ul>
</p>

my problem is the empty line after ‘this is a list’… i was wondering how to get rid of it, or how to work around the problem…

thanks!