table column

I'd like to have a two column table to look like

item1           item2
item3           item4   
item5           item6


but the output from the following code always gives an empty cell like

item1           
                item2
item3   
                item4
item5
                item6
        

<xsl:template match="item">
        <xsl:variable name="current-node" select="position()"/>
        <table>
        <tr>
                <td>
                     <xsl:for-each select=".">
                        <xsl:if test="($current-node mod 2 &gt; 0) ">
                                <xsl:apply-templates select="content"/>
                        </xsl:if>
                     </xsl:for-each>
                </td>
                <td>
                     <xsl:for-each select=".">
                        <xsl:if test="($current-node mod 2 = 0) ">
                                <xsl:apply-templates select="content"/>
                        </xsl:if>
                     </xsl:for-each>
                </td>
        </tr>
        </table>
</xsl:template>

Is there a way to get the correct column layout? Thanks!




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