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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allpages>
      <p pageid="270" ns="0" title="Beast Cluster" />
      <p pageid="296" ns="0" title="Best Practices" />
      <p pageid="310" ns="0" title="CScope" />
      <p pageid="22" ns="0" title="CVL" />
      <p pageid="34" ns="0" title="CVL Account Creation" />
      <p pageid="8" ns="0" title="CVL Cluster" />
      <p pageid="225" ns="0" title="CVL File Backup Service" />
      <p pageid="271" ns="0" title="CVL Filebox" />
      <p pageid="288" ns="0" title="CVL Help Articles" />
      <p pageid="166" ns="0" title="CVL Lab" />
    </allpages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages apfrom="Cadence" />
  </query-continue>
</api>