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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages gapfrom="Tommaso Campanella" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="3824" ns="0" title="Tabit Ibn Qurra" touched="2009-12-06T21:50:33Z" lastrevid="14411" counter="3466" length="352" />
      <page pageid="3825" ns="0" title="Tablice astrologiczne" touched="2009-12-05T18:01:22Z" lastrevid="14414" counter="1892" length="127" />
      <page pageid="3826" ns="0" title="Tablice domów" touched="2009-12-05T18:02:54Z" lastrevid="14417" counter="2131" length="561" />
      <page pageid="3827" ns="0" title="Tomasz Kurzydłowski" touched="2009-12-05T18:01:22Z" lastrevid="14423" counter="2673" length="476" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>