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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Guide for Editors" />
          <pl ns="0" title="List of Topics" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Proposed Voting Rights Amendment" />
          <pl ns="0" title="The Future of Transportation" />
          <pl ns="0" title="U.S. Drug Policy" />
          <pl ns="0" title="UNICE global brain project" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Voting Rights in the U.S." />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>