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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Admin Recipes" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Artevelde" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Building" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Connecting to the Server" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Float" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Geography" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Lag/Uptime" />
          <pl ns="0" title="New player checklist" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Setting Up Your SSH Account" />
          <pl ns="0" title="TBD Enterprises Corporate Headquarters" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|14|Existing Projects" />
  </query-continue>
</api>