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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" touched="2010-10-28T16:35:10Z" lastrevid="77" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>