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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="India-Sri_Lanka_Accord|5" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="71" ns="0" title="Article 370" />
      <page pageid="72" ns="0" title="Détente" />
      <page pageid="73" ns="0" title="Kargil conflict" />
      <page pageid="74" ns="0" title="SAARC" />
      <page pageid="76" ns="0" title="India- Australia Relations" />
      <page pageid="80" ns="0" title="Indo-US Nuclear Deal" />
      <page pageid="85" ns="0" title="Indira Gandhi" />
      <page pageid="97" ns="0" title="G5 and G20" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>