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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Assembler x86" />
          <pl ns="0" title="FreeBSD" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Git" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Golang" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Java" />
          <pl ns="0" title="JavaScript" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Linux" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Mac OS X" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Oracle" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Swift" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|Практикум по программированию" />
  </query-continue>
</api>