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HTML
<div id='target'>
</div>
JavaScript
var input = 'Hello <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> <a href="http://www.msn.com">MSN</a>';
var $target = $('#target');
// wrap so find works as expected
var $input = $('<div>' + input + '</div>');
var anchors = $input.find('a');
for(var i = 0; i < anchors.length; i++) {
$(anchors[i]).attr('target', '_blank');
}
$target.append($input);