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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="דף_ניסוי_4|189" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="39" ns="0" title="עמוד ראשי" />
      <page pageid="47" ns="0" title="הטבלה שבקישור" />
      <page pageid="183" ns="0" title="בשלב השני" />
      <page pageid="189" ns="0" title="בטבלה הבאה" />
      <page pageid="199" ns="0" title="עדי צליק, עדן ווסלינג ומעין דרורי" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>