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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="2010-08-09 01:49:58+00" timestamp="2010-08-09T01:49:58Z" ns="0" title="FAQ" />
        <page value="2010-08-09 01:51:13+00" timestamp="2010-08-09T01:51:13Z" ns="0" title="Kernel sources" />
        <page value="2010-08-09 02:04:03+00" timestamp="2010-08-09T02:04:03Z" ns="0" title="Public bounty" />
        <page value="2010-08-09 08:15:33+00" timestamp="2010-08-09T08:15:33Z" ns="0" title="Legal Attack" />
        <page value="2010-08-09 08:48:52+00" timestamp="2010-08-09T08:48:52Z" ns="0" title="Root attack" />
        <page value="2010-08-09 08:50:40+00" timestamp="2010-08-09T08:50:40Z" ns="0" title="FM radio" />
        <page value="2010-08-09 10:10:03+00" timestamp="2010-08-09T10:10:03Z" ns="0" title="Building with AOSP" />
        <page value="2010-08-13 11:35:14+00" timestamp="2010-08-13T11:35:14Z" ns="0" title="Custom recovery:pr attack" />
        <page value="2010-08-13 11:36:50+00" timestamp="2010-08-13T11:36:50Z" ns="0" title="Wilink firmware" />
        <page value="2010-08-13 21:53:45+00" timestamp="2010-08-13T21:53:45Z" ns="0" title="Custom recovery:alternative methods" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>