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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages gapfrom="Taplin House" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="5055" ns="0" title="T.K. Glennan" touched="2006-10-19T17:21:17Z" lastrevid="16632" redirect="" />
      <page pageid="8778" ns="0" title="TEST" touched="2009-07-02T20:00:45Z" lastrevid="37436" />
      <page pageid="3988" ns="0" title="TIS" touched="2006-08-02T21:16:27Z" lastrevid="11044" redirect="" />
      <page pageid="1199" ns="0" title="Taft House" touched="2008-10-17T16:10:45Z" lastrevid="35654" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>