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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="20120901213647" timestamp="2012-09-01T21:36:47Z" ns="0" title="Prototag tools" />
        <page value="20120902101248" timestamp="2012-09-02T10:12:48Z" ns="0" title="Wiki help" />
        <page value="20121009155512" timestamp="2012-10-09T15:55:12Z" ns="0" title="Sample project2" />
        <page value="20130124143253" timestamp="2013-01-24T14:32:53Z" ns="0" title="Main Page" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>