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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages gapfrom="Umgebung von Kassel" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="435" ns="0" title="Technik und Verkehr" touched="2013-08-30T12:46:07Z" lastrevid="6657" counter="29037" length="737" />
      <page pageid="639" ns="0" title="Teufelsbrücke" touched="2012-12-27T13:20:36Z" lastrevid="5834" counter="6532" length="360" />
      <page pageid="47" ns="0" title="Theodor Fisher" touched="2012-12-27T12:32:46Z" lastrevid="5797" counter="16616" length="1775" />
      <page pageid="285" ns="0" title="Turmgasse" touched="2012-12-27T11:03:20Z" lastrevid="5777" counter="21985" length="1315" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>