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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Content Creation" />
          <pl ns="0" title="HowTo" />
          <pl ns="0" title="HowTo/Create a session" />
          <pl ns="0" title="HowToGuides" />
          <pl ns="0" title="How to Use S20 Palettes" />
          <pl ns="0" title="How to Use S20 Tools" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Platform-mobile" />
          <pl ns="0" title="TRS19" />
          <pl ns="0" title="TRS22" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Trainz A New Era" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|Trainz Plus" />
  </query-continue>
</api>