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    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
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        <page value="20140324173536" timestamp="2014-03-24T17:35:36Z" ns="0" title="Why use Web-PA" />
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        <page value="20140325094656" timestamp="2014-03-25T09:46:56Z" ns="0" title="Overview of Web-PA" />
        <page value="20140325094926" timestamp="2014-03-25T09:49:26Z" ns="0" title="Take a Tour" />
        <page value="20140325104752" timestamp="2014-03-25T10:47:52Z" ns="0" title="Academic Tour" />
        <page value="20140325110958" timestamp="2014-03-25T11:09:58Z" ns="0" title="Student Tour" />
        <page value="20140325123143" timestamp="2014-03-25T12:31:43Z" ns="0" title="Supportive Research" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
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</api>