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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="5" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="@StrongBadActual" />
          <pl ns="0" title="A Death Defying Decemberween" />
          <pl ns="0" title="A Decemberween Mackerel" />
          <pl ns="0" title="A Decemberween Pageant" />
          <pl ns="0" title="A Holiday Greeting" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Characters" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Decemberween Email Menu" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Decemberween Short Shorts" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Decemberween in July" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="5|0|Downloads" />
  </query-continue>
</api>