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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Brest Ship yard, France</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Cuirassé</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">French warships</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Ак-Шийрак</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Алтай</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Ат-Баши</c>
      <c size="15" pages="15" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Вершины Джунгарии</c>
      <c size="3" pages="3" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Восточный Саян</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Горные Районы</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Горные райны</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories accontinue="Горные_районы" />
  </query-continue>
</api>