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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="Updating the firmware" />
      <p ns="0" title="Wifi power saving mode" />
      <p ns="0" title="Video encoding" />
      <p ns="0" title="Partitioning a flash card" />
      <p ns="0" title="Maemo.org logo contest submissions" />
      <p ns="0" title="Desktop file format" />
      <p ns="0" title="Task:Package categories" />
      <p ns="0" title="Podcasts" />
      <p ns="0" title="Easy Debian" />
      <p ns="0" title="Task:Improving maemo.org/Development" />
    </search>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <search sroffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
</api>