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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="5" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="External Links" />
          <pl ns="12" title="Help:Adding Content" />
          <pl ns="12" title="Help:Style Guidelines" />
          <pl ns="12" title="Help:WikiSpam" />
          <pl ns="14" title="Category:Architecture-Specific" />
          <pl ns="14" title="Category:Common Tasks" />
          <pl ns="14" title="Category:Configuring FreeBSD" />
          <pl ns="14" title="Category:Cygwin" />
          <pl ns="14" title="Category:FreeBSD Multimedia" />
          <pl ns="14" title="Category:FreeBSD Terminology" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="5|14|FreeBSD for Servers" />
  </query-continue>
</api>