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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Bismarck|130" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="5" ns="0" title="Vereinsfahrt" />
      <page pageid="46" ns="0" title="Turm" />
      <page pageid="54" ns="0" title="Flamme" />
      <page pageid="60" ns="0" title="Geschichte des Bismarckturms" />
      <page pageid="62" ns="0" title="Aufruf der Deutschen Studentenschaft" />
      <page pageid="64" ns="0" title="Weihe" />
      <page pageid="66" ns="0" title="Otto Erler" />
      <page pageid="70" ns="0" title="Pressespiegel/Amtsblatt Leipzig/1998-07-18" />
      <page pageid="100" ns="6" title="Datei:Schriftzug.jpg" />
      <page pageid="544" ns="0" title="Mitgliedschaft" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>