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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Bay_of_Dead_Ship" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page ns="0" title="Ballistika" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Baltasi lācis" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Bandīts" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Barbarians Village" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Barbarians settlement" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Barbarians village" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Barbars" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Barbars NPC" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Barbaru apmetne" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Barracks" missing="" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>