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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="20140102003528" timestamp="2014-01-02T00:35:28Z" ns="0" title="Lloyd Austin" />
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        <page value="20140113164416" timestamp="2014-01-13T16:44:16Z" ns="0" title="Verlinkung" />
        <page value="20140118224819" timestamp="2014-01-18T22:48:19Z" ns="0" title="Tropical Garden" />
        <page value="20140119111540" timestamp="2014-01-19T11:15:40Z" ns="0" title="Burgenpflanze" />
        <page value="20140119112836" timestamp="2014-01-19T11:28:36Z" ns="0" title="Iris germanica" />
        <page value="20140123220519" timestamp="2014-01-23T22:05:19Z" ns="0" title="Typische Bartschwertlilien" />
        <page value="20140206143955" timestamp="2014-02-06T14:39:55Z" ns="0" title="American Iris Society" />
        <page value="20140222205152" timestamp="2014-02-22T20:51:52Z" ns="0" title="Betty Cooper" />
        <page value="20140224113256" timestamp="2014-02-24T11:32:56Z" ns="0" title="Yaquina Blue" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>