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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Dwarf_Wild_Fred" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page ns="0" title="Cagtegory:2011" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Cateory:2016" missing="" />
      <page pageid="179" ns="0" title="Big Orange" />
      <page pageid="383" ns="0" title="Canadian Dwarf" />
      <page pageid="625" ns="0" title="Canadian Heart" />
      <page pageid="226" ns="0" title="Canadian Wonder" />
      <page pageid="384" ns="0" title="Charlie&#039;s Green" />
      <page pageid="631" ns="0" title="Chocolate Habenero" />
      <page pageid="635" ns="0" title="Deep Space" />
      <page pageid="30" ns="0" title="Dubrava" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>