Converting a WebClient method to async / await

by 
private async void RequestData(string uri, Action<string> action)
{
    var client = new WebClient();
    string data = await client.DownloadStringTaskAsync(uri);
    action(data);
}

See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh194294.aspx

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