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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Alliance" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Bans" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Bookmark" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Buildings" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Chaos Mode" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Chat Commands" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Empire Search" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Explore" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Friends" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Galaxy" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Game Chat" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Game Forum" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Game Types" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Gametime" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Invite Friends" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Mail" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Market" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Military" />
          <pl ns="0" title="My Empire" />
          <pl ns="0" title="News" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Next Tick" />
          <pl ns="0" title="PLUS" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Playing Now" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Research" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Resource" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Round Change" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Spycraft" />
          <pl ns="0" title="TWG Vote" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Ticks" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Token" />
          <pl ns="0" title="UTML Help" />
          <pl ns="0" title="UWards" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Unit Stats" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Vamp&#039;s Guide Through the Ages" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Weather" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Worth/Rank" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>