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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="4897|0|Basic_Editing_Techniques" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="4897" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="1979 - 1983 Factory Parts Catalog" />
          <pl ns="0" title="1982 &amp; 1983 TSM" />
          <pl ns="0" title="1984 - 1988 Factory Parts Catalog" />
          <pl ns="0" title="1988 Large Electrical Schematics - Much applicable to other years." />
          <pl ns="0" title="AMC Eagle - Ahead of Its Time" />
          <pl ns="0" title="AMC Eagle Registry" />
          <pl ns="0" title="AMC Eagles Den Humour" />
          <pl ns="0" title="AMC Eagles Den members and their Eagles" />
          <pl ns="0" title="AMC Service Information Notices" />
          <pl ns="0" title="About Wikis" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>