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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allfileusages gafcontinue="Cybergeek.jpg" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page ns="6" title="File:Category = 18th century births" missing="" />
      <page ns="6" title="File:Category = Composers" missing="" />
      <page ns="6" title="File:Compound queries can also be used for more basic formats like tables and lists, though in practice that’s rarely done." missing="" />
      <page pageid="97" ns="6" title="File:Blik.gif" />
      <page pageid="3" ns="6" title="File:Bliktf.jpg" />
      <page pageid="4" ns="6" title="File:Boiteamail.jpg" />
      <page pageid="90" ns="6" title="File:Bookinlive.jpg" />
      <page pageid="79" ns="6" title="File:Booklivre.jpg" />
      <page pageid="138" ns="6" title="File:Cnrlib.gif" />
      <page pageid="139" ns="6" title="File:Creatise.gif" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>