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HTML
<ul id='myul'>
<li>
<a href="http://domain.com/link1">Link1</a>
<span>something1</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://domain.com/link2">Link2</a>
<span>something1</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://domain.com/link4">Link4</a>
<span>something1</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://domain.com/link1">Link1</a>
<span>something1</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://domain.com/link2">Link2</a>
<span>something1</span>
</li>
</ul>
JavaScript
var url = [];
$("#myul").find("li").each(function(){
var href = $(this).find("a").attr("href");
if(url.indexOf(href) >= 0){
$(this).remove();
}
else{
url.push(href);
}
});