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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allredirects garcontinue="Buzzers" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="3316" ns="0" title="Backpack" />
      <page pageid="3334" ns="0" title="Backpack Creation" />
      <page pageid="1948" ns="0" title="Bake Sale" />
      <page pageid="3575" ns="0" title="Baltz Algorithmic Generator of Spectra" />
      <page pageid="2750" ns="0" title="Becca Kalinger" />
      <page pageid="2462" ns="0" title="Beginner&#039;s Guide to the Wiki" />
      <page pageid="3385" ns="0" title="Bell HS" />
      <page pageid="1484" ns="0" title="Blame List" />
      <page pageid="1744" ns="0" title="Breaker Panel Operation Procedures" />
      <page pageid="2100" ns="0" title="Bunk Bed" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>