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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Backslash_777|1493" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1599" ns="3" title="User talk:Redarmy11" />
      <page pageid="2457" ns="0" title="Vibrators" />
      <page pageid="2484" ns="0" title="Yoko-ed" />
      <page pageid="2702" ns="0" title="ALU" />
      <page pageid="2752" ns="0" title="Control register" />
      <page pageid="2873" ns="0" title="Doctor" />
      <page pageid="3151" ns="0" title="Nymphomaniac" />
      <page pageid="3632" ns="0" title="Captain Cigarette" />
      <page pageid="3668" ns="0" title="Great Manipulator" />
      <page pageid="4048" ns="0" title="Ghandi" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>