Parsing XML data in C#

I have a xml data like this

string data = @"<DeliveryReport><message id=""093102403501103726"" 
    sentdate=""2013/10/24 08:50:11"" donedate=""2013/10/24 08:50:12""
    status=""NOT_DELIVERED"" gsmerror=""1"" /></DeliveryReport>";

and am converting/parsing it like 

if (data != null)
{
    XDocument xmlDoc = XDocument.Load(data);

    var tutorials = from tutorial in xmlDoc.Descendants("message")
        select new
        {

        };
}

is is throwing error Illegal characters in path. can any body tell me what i m misisng?

Jon Skeet
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You're using XDocument.Load(string), which accepts a filename or URL to load the XML from:

Parameters
uri: A URI string that references the file to load into a new XDocument.

You want XDocument.Parse(string), which accepts XML already in a string:

Parameters
text: A string that contains XML.

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