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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="MediaWiki default" anon="" timestamp="2010-06-19T23:12:39Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Wikiadmin" timestamp="2010-06-20T13:21:14Z" comment="Page title hidden" />
          <rev user="Wikiadmin" timestamp="2010-06-20T13:58:35Z" comment="Klein&#039;s bottles image test" />
          <rev user="Wikiadmin" timestamp="2010-06-20T14:03:28Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Wikiadmin" timestamp="2010-06-20T14:07:11Z" comment="" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvstartid="28" />
  </query-continue>
</api>