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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="2007-03-27 15:56:26+00" timestamp="2007-03-27T15:56:26Z" ns="0" title="FAQ" />
        <page value="2007-05-08 02:53:52+00" timestamp="2007-05-08T02:53:52Z" ns="0" title="Навигационная штука" />
        <page value="2007-05-31 05:08:26+00" timestamp="2007-05-31T05:08:26Z" ns="0" title="Внешний вид панели Dirty для Firefox" />
        <page value="2010-01-17 12:28:09+00" timestamp="2010-01-17T12:28:09Z" ns="0" title="Сохранённая версия заглавной страницы" />
        <page value="2010-01-17 13:18:50+00" timestamp="2010-01-17T13:18:50Z" ns="0" title="Заглавная страница на время бардака" />
        <page value="2011-02-23 09:16:06+00" timestamp="2011-02-23T09:16:06Z" ns="0" title="Гертруда" />
        <page value="2011-03-05 02:42:09+00" timestamp="2011-03-05T02:42:09Z" ns="0" title="Нямка" />
        <page value="2011-09-27 06:51:56+00" timestamp="2011-09-27T06:51:56Z" ns="0" title="Serrwrtet" />
        <page value="2011-12-28 01:32:37+00" timestamp="2011-12-28T01:32:37Z" ns="0" title="Лепрозорий" />
        <page value="2012-01-07 05:54:43+00" timestamp="2012-01-07T05:54:43Z" ns="0" title="Как не впасть в грех копирования" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>