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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="20050824043620" timestamp="2005-08-24T04:36:20Z" ns="0" title="Herbie Bearclaw" />
        <page value="20050824121301" timestamp="2005-08-24T12:13:01Z" ns="0" title="Tygger Graf" />
        <page value="20050824130431" timestamp="2005-08-24T13:04:31Z" ns="0" title="Nikon Raccoon" />
        <page value="20050827185639" timestamp="2005-08-27T18:56:39Z" ns="0" title="LoupGarou" />
        <page value="20050918155514" timestamp="2005-09-18T15:55:14Z" ns="0" title="Andrea Adams" />
        <page value="20050929205336" timestamp="2005-09-29T20:53:36Z" ns="0" title="Lance Rund" />
        <page value="20051101064855" timestamp="2005-11-01T06:48:55Z" ns="0" title="Bill Redfern" />
        <page value="20051105160700" timestamp="2005-11-05T16:07:00Z" ns="0" title="MUCK say" />
        <page value="20051105161109" timestamp="2005-11-05T16:11:09Z" ns="0" title="Building quota" />
        <page value="20051115180553" timestamp="2005-11-15T18:05:53Z" ns="0" title="Drachaeus" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>