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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
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        <page value="20160317140102" timestamp="2016-03-17T14:01:02Z" ns="0" title="Approximation" />
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        <page value="20160317161120" timestamp="2016-03-17T16:11:20Z" ns="0" title="Dard Hunter" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>