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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="20141031145409" timestamp="2014-10-31T14:54:09Z" ns="0" title="Angular alteration" />
        <page value="20141031145409" timestamp="2014-10-31T14:54:09Z" ns="0" title="Agnese" />
        <page value="20141031145409" timestamp="2014-10-31T14:54:09Z" ns="0" title="Absolute minimum error projections" />
        <page value="20141031145409" timestamp="2014-10-31T14:54:09Z" ns="0" title="Angular change" />
        <page value="20141031145410" timestamp="2014-10-31T14:54:10Z" ns="0" title="Angular distortion" />
        <page value="20141031145410" timestamp="2014-10-31T14:54:10Z" ns="0" title="Approximately equidistant projections" />
        <page value="20141031145410" timestamp="2014-10-31T14:54:10Z" ns="0" title="Antipode" />
        <page value="20141031145410" timestamp="2014-10-31T14:54:10Z" ns="0" title="Angular deformation" />
        <page value="20141031145410" timestamp="2014-10-31T14:54:10Z" ns="0" title="Aphylactic projections" />
        <page value="20141031145411" timestamp="2014-10-31T14:54:11Z" ns="0" title="Area exaggeration" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>