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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="20070524043703" timestamp="2007-05-24T04:37:03Z" ns="0" title="Wgt634u" />
        <page value="20070524044312" timestamp="2007-05-24T04:43:12Z" ns="0" title="Bump generator" />
        <page value="20070524044853" timestamp="2007-05-24T04:48:53Z" ns="0" title="Topic diff" />
        <page value="20070524045105" timestamp="2007-05-24T04:51:05Z" ns="0" title="Unified System Eurdition Report (USER)" />
        <page value="20070524045500" timestamp="2007-05-24T04:55:00Z" ns="0" title="Media Library" />
        <page value="20070524110245" timestamp="2007-05-24T11:02:45Z" ns="0" title="Flavor tabs" />
        <page value="20070524110905" timestamp="2007-05-24T11:09:05Z" ns="0" title="Urban ghosts" />
        <page value="20070524110913" timestamp="2007-05-24T11:09:13Z" ns="0" title="MooFi" />
        <page value="20070524124809" timestamp="2007-05-24T12:48:09Z" ns="0" title="Helicone Antenna" />
        <page value="20070524125253" timestamp="2007-05-24T12:52:53Z" ns="0" title="Recipe Wizard" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>