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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="13" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="Handcock" timestamp="2010-03-14T03:22:11Z" comment="moved [[Main Page]] to [[Hidden Population Methods Research Group]]:&amp;#32;Make page more explicit" />
          <rev user="Handcock" timestamp="2011-03-28T21:38:18Z" comment="Redirected page to [[Hard-to-Reach Population Methods Research Group]]" />
          <rev user="Handcock" timestamp="2011-03-28T21:41:32Z" comment="Redirected page to [[Hidden Population Methods Research Group]]" />
          <rev user="WikiSysop" timestamp="2011-04-26T17:49:36Z" comment="Redirected page to [[Hard-to-Reach Population Methods Research Group]]" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>