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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api>
<query>
<pages>
<page pageid="23" ns="0" title="The Philomena Rising" touched="2008-11-25T23:05:09Z" lastrevid="157" />
<page pageid="24" ns="0" title="Third set of Questions" touched="2008-08-18T20:23:00Z" lastrevid="114" />
<page pageid="20" ns="0" title="Unanswered questions" touched="2008-08-06T15:28:07Z" lastrevid="86" />
</pages>
</query>
</api>