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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="MediaWiki default" anon="" timestamp="2011-12-21T21:34:59Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Admin" timestamp="2011-12-22T01:09:45Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Admin" timestamp="2011-12-22T01:10:19Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Admin" timestamp="2011-12-22T01:12:04Z" comment="/* Welcome to Lawpendium, a project designed to bring the law to the public in the form of legal information and legal documents.  Please visit us frequently as the site evolves. */" />
          <rev user="Admin" timestamp="2011-12-22T01:30:46Z" comment="/* Welcome to Lawpendium, a project designed to bring the law to the public in the form of legal information and legal documents.  Please visit us frequently as the site evolves. */" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvstartid="11" />
  </query-continue>
</api>