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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
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        <page value="20070213072843" timestamp="2007-02-13T07:28:43Z" ns="0" title="Шаблоны" />
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        <page value="20071002084617" timestamp="2007-10-02T08:46:17Z" ns="0" title="№ Чилик и Чарын 1996" />
        <page value="20071015174416" timestamp="2007-10-15T17:44:16Z" ns="0" title="Доступный экстрим" />
        <page value="20080308142149" timestamp="2008-03-08T14:21:49Z" ns="0" title="Выселение библиотеки МГЦТК" />
        <page value="20081228170809" timestamp="2008-12-28T17:08:09Z" ns="0" title="Оформление страниц" />
        <page value="20090824093856" timestamp="2009-08-24T09:38:56Z" ns="0" title="Библиотека Московского городского центрального туристского клуба" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
</api>