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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="AVComm" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Bad Ideas" />
          <pl ns="0" title="CPW" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Change of Name or Gender in RAC Database" />
          <pl ns="0" title="ComComm" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Comms Budget" />
          <pl ns="0" title="East Campus/Bathroom Readers" />
          <pl ns="0" title="East Campus/Retreat" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Fifth East" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Fifth West" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|First East" />
  </query-continue>
</api>