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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="20080625065622" timestamp="2008-06-25T06:56:22Z" ns="0" title="Asset Management Mentality" />
        <page value="20080625082434" timestamp="2008-06-25T08:24:34Z" ns="0" title="Bulletin Board System (BBS)" />
        <page value="20080626134405" timestamp="2008-06-26T13:44:05Z" ns="0" title="Case Based Reasoning" />
        <page value="20080626141730" timestamp="2008-06-26T14:17:30Z" ns="0" title="Cohort" />
        <page value="20080626151405" timestamp="2008-06-26T15:14:05Z" ns="0" title="Computer-Marked Assignments" />
        <page value="20080626151431" timestamp="2008-06-26T15:14:31Z" ns="0" title="Computer Simulation" />
        <page value="20080626151502" timestamp="2008-06-26T15:15:02Z" ns="0" title="Computer Conferencing" />
        <page value="20080626151524" timestamp="2008-06-26T15:15:24Z" ns="0" title="Comprehension" />
        <page value="20080703101850" timestamp="2008-07-03T10:18:50Z" ns="0" title="Backbone Network" />
        <page value="20080703120956" timestamp="2008-07-03T12:09:56Z" ns="0" title="Computer-Based Training (CBT)" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>