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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages apcontinue="Bomb_Guardian" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <allpages>
      <p pageid="890" ns="0" title="BSJ" />
      <p pageid="938" ns="0" title="BSJ Theory" />
      <p pageid="2053" ns="0" title="Battleground SW" />
      <p pageid="886" ns="0" title="Beam Switch" />
      <p pageid="981" ns="0" title="Bioenergy Production" />
      <p pageid="2026" ns="0" title="Bionenergy Production SW" />
      <p pageid="2025" ns="0" title="Biostorage Station SW" />
      <p pageid="2060" ns="0" title="Bitter Well SW" />
      <p pageid="1015" ns="0" title="Blogg Morph Ball Glitch" />
      <p pageid="1019" ns="0" title="Blorgg Morph Ball Glitch" />
    </allpages>
  </query>
</api>