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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="30-some chapters" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Beta" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Marc Miller" />
          <pl ns="0" title="There have been more than four previous editions" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Traveller5 Design Concepts" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>