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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Architecture" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Building against Mer in COBS" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Community Workspace" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Contribution" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Contribution in detail" />
          <pl ns="0" title="FAQ" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Governance" />
          <pl ns="0" title="HTML5" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Mailing lists" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Meet Mer" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|Mer OBS Build" />
  </query-continue>
</api>