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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="20050517173306" timestamp="2005-05-17T17:33:06Z" ns="0" title="BioCom Trade Goods" />
        <page value="20050517173422" timestamp="2005-05-17T17:34:22Z" ns="0" title="Valent Trade Goods" />
        <page value="20050517173548" timestamp="2005-05-17T17:35:48Z" ns="0" title="Orion Trade Goods" />
        <page value="20050517173700" timestamp="2005-05-17T17:37:00Z" ns="0" title="Axia Trade Goods" />
        <page value="20050517173805" timestamp="2005-05-17T17:38:05Z" ns="0" title="Corvus Trade Goods" />
        <page value="20050517173857" timestamp="2005-05-17T17:38:57Z" ns="0" title="Tunguska Trade Goods" />
        <page value="20050517174048" timestamp="2005-05-17T17:40:48Z" ns="0" title="Aeolus Trade Goods" />
        <page value="20050517174922" timestamp="2005-05-17T17:49:22Z" ns="0" title="Ineubis Trade Goods" />
        <page value="20050517175009" timestamp="2005-05-17T17:50:09Z" ns="0" title="XangXi Trade Goods" />
        <page value="20050517225704" timestamp="2005-05-17T22:57:04Z" ns="0" title="TPG Trade Goods" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>