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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="BlackBerry Jam World Tour 2012" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Bugs:Stock answers" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Community Awards" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Community Council" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Community SSU" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Community mailing lists" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Community news" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Developer FAQ" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Documentation" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Documentation/Maemo 5 Developer Guide/Porting Software" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|Downloading applications" />
  </query-continue>
</api>