<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/news/article.php?storyid=<{$news.id}>" title="On (<{$news.date}>)"><{$news.title}></a> |
<{/foreach}>
All of the above is php code and you are putting it into an html file. You will need to use php includes to get this code to work.
Plus, I'd put your site's full url in the link instead of <($xoops_url)>