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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages gapcontinue="TrblLynxExpress" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="768" ns="0" title="Temp Manual MR16" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="en" touched="2012-08-05T15:22:28Z" lastrevid="3821" counter="9533" length="13877" />
      <page pageid="838" ns="0" title="Temp Manual SSR4" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="en" touched="2012-07-25T12:48:21Z" lastrevid="3767" counter="1170" length="17060" new="" />
      <page pageid="835" ns="0" title="Temp Manual Splitter" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="en" touched="2012-08-05T18:56:44Z" lastrevid="3853" counter="10558" length="10030" />
      <page pageid="57" ns="0" title="Tiger SSR16 Detail" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="en" touched="2012-04-23T14:51:57Z" lastrevid="1602" counter="3298" length="5542" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>