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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="20130808020951" timestamp="2013-08-08T02:09:51Z" ns="0" title="Carolina Kollin" />
        <page value="20130808020955" timestamp="2013-08-08T02:09:55Z" ns="0" title="Michael Ritsch" />
        <page value="20130808020956" timestamp="2013-08-08T02:09:56Z" ns="0" title="Paulina Resch" />
        <page value="20130808020956" timestamp="2013-08-08T02:09:56Z" ns="0" title="Maria Resch" />
        <page value="20130808021846" timestamp="2013-08-08T02:18:46Z" ns="0" title="Timeline" />
        <page value="20170429153928" timestamp="2017-04-29T15:39:28Z" ns="0" title="Charles Clifford &quot;Cliff&quot; Smith" />
        <page value="20170602145330" timestamp="2017-06-02T14:53:30Z" ns="0" title="Sandbox" />
        <page value="20180103201455" timestamp="2018-01-03T20:14:55Z" ns="0" title="Amalia Hammer" />
        <page value="20180103201722" timestamp="2018-01-03T20:17:22Z" ns="0" title="Emanuel Hill Sr." />
        <page value="20180106125435" timestamp="2018-01-06T12:54:35Z" ns="0" title="Shawn Watson" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
</api>