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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allpages>
      <p pageid="2053" ns="0" title="BBa I15008" />
      <p pageid="2153" ns="0" title="BBa I716316" />
      <p pageid="4690" ns="0" title="Bacteria" />
      <p pageid="2694" ns="0" title="Bacterial Conjugation" />
      <p pageid="1438" ns="0" title="Bangalore" />
      <p pageid="6245" ns="0" title="Basic assumptions" />
      <p pageid="1432" ns="0" title="Bay Area RSI" />
      <p pageid="6129" ns="0" title="Berkeley Headers" />
      <p pageid="7763" ns="0" title="Berkeley Individual Contributions" />
      <p pageid="3796" ns="0" title="Berkeley LBL" />
    </allpages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages apfrom="Berkeley LBL/CompetentCell" />
  </query-continue>
</api>