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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="551" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="Nagasiva Yronwode" timestamp="2009-06-05T00:24:35Z" comment="[[Main Page]] moved to [[Welcome]]: Renaming front page" />
          <rev user="Nagasiva Yronwode" timestamp="2009-06-06T00:42:49Z" comment="[[Welcome]] has been moved, it is now a redirect to [[Association of Independent Readers &amp; Rootworkers]]" />
          <rev user="Nagasiva Yronwode" timestamp="2009-06-06T19:37:11Z" comment="Redirecting to [[Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers]]" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>