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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <links gplcontinue="1|14|People" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page ns="14" title="Category:Books" missing="" />
      <page ns="14" title="Category:English" missing="" />
      <page ns="14" title="Category:Logistics" missing="" />
      <page ns="14" title="Category:Mexico" missing="" />
      <page pageid="1390" ns="14" title="Category:Art" touched="2007-07-30T10:26:51Z" lastrevid="1493" counter="4582" length="144" />
      <page pageid="1381" ns="14" title="Category:Brazil" touched="2007-07-30T11:09:29Z" lastrevid="1485" counter="4623" length="126" />
      <page pageid="1378" ns="14" title="Category:Costa Rica" touched="2007-07-30T10:53:54Z" lastrevid="1399" counter="4689" length="87" />
      <page pageid="1403" ns="14" title="Category:Internet" touched="2007-09-22T04:06:21Z" lastrevid="1521" counter="11267" length="177" />
      <page pageid="1384" ns="14" title="Category:Movies" touched="2007-07-30T11:09:08Z" lastrevid="1474" counter="32050" length="3840" />
      <page pageid="1382" ns="14" title="Category:Music" touched="2007-07-23T11:16:06Z" lastrevid="1442" counter="38907" length="809" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>