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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages gapcontinue="«Макар_Васька_–_сиктса_зон»" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="269" ns="0" title="«Дзугйын»" touched="2016-06-07T07:45:02Z" lastrevid="851" counter="2475" length="3300" new="" />
      <page pageid="265" ns="0" title="«Зэв тешкодь морт»" touched="2016-02-01T07:03:04Z" lastrevid="838" counter="3903" length="2474" />
      <page pageid="266" ns="0" title="«Льӧм пу дорын аддзысьлӧмъяс»" touched="2016-01-29T06:51:53Z" lastrevid="837" counter="2340" length="3588" new="" />
      <page pageid="264" ns="0" title="«Лэбалысь гӧсьт»" touched="2016-02-01T07:08:33Z" lastrevid="841" counter="3549" length="2074" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>