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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Bogomol" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page ns="0" title="Balica Elena" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Barvinok" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Bejan Galina" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Bespalco Natalia" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Bezkrevna Anna Valeriivna" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Bistriţchi Didina" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Blănaru Rodica" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Bodorin Silviana" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Bogatu Ludmila" missing="" />
      <page pageid="69151" ns="0" title="Bigger! Stronger! Faster" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>