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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
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        <page value="20141009064144" timestamp="2014-10-09T06:41:44Z" ns="0" title="Beer" />
        <page value="20141009064906" timestamp="2014-10-09T06:49:06Z" ns="0" title="Wine" />
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        <page value="20141012161448" timestamp="2014-10-12T16:14:48Z" ns="0" title="Dye Bowl" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
</api>