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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages gapfrom="Statistics December 2008" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="48" ns="0" title="Statistics 200901">
        <revisions>
          <rev xml:space="preserve">[[Image:Stats200901.png|center]]

[[Category:Statistics]]</rev>
        </revisions>
      </page>
      <page pageid="50" ns="0" title="Statistics 200902">
        <revisions>
          <rev xml:space="preserve">[[Image:Stats200902.png|center]]

[[Category:Statistics]]</rev>
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>