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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1542" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="Sean" timestamp="2006-02-04T10:18:38Z" comment="Created pagel attempting to combine elements of both layouts." />
          <rev user="Sean" timestamp="2006-02-04T10:35:47Z" comment="updating page, adding more" />
          <rev user="Sean" timestamp="2006-02-04T10:52:20Z" comment="finalised layout" />
          <rev user="Sean" timestamp="2006-02-04T11:00:37Z" comment="case sensitive link fixed, few minor changes, link rearrangements" />
          <rev user="Sean" timestamp="2006-02-04T13:14:09Z" comment="removed border." />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvstartid="2610" />
  </query-continue>
</api>