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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Abidjan" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Adamorobe Sign Language" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Afghan Sign Language" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Afghanistan" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Africa (general)" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Al Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Algeria" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Algerian Sign Language" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Amami O Shima Sign Language" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Angola" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|Asia (general)" />
  </query-continue>
</api>