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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <alllinks>
      <l ns="0" title="Bios from o&#039;reilly" />
      <l ns="0" title="Blog of a wandering Jerusalem Perl Monger" />
      <l ns="0" title="Closures" />
      <l ns="0" title="ContactName" />
      <l ns="0" title="Editing parts of an HTML with CGI" />
      <l ns="0" title="Java from Perl; Perl from Java" />
      <l ns="0" title="Jerusalem Perl Mongers Contest" />
      <l ns="0" title="Link trial page" />
      <l ns="0" title="Mailing list" />
      <l ns="0" title="Main Page" />
    </alllinks>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks alfrom="Meetings" />
  </query-continue>
</api>