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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allfileusages gafcontinue="Begraafplaats_Moscowa_(Arnhem).jpg|950" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="47" ns="0" title="Barend Barendse (1907-1981)" />
      <page pageid="61" ns="0" title="Barend Biesheuvel" />
      <page pageid="515" ns="0" title="Ien Dales" />
      <page pageid="1170" ns="0" title="Bart Peizel" />
      <page pageid="1273" ns="0" title="Bart van der Leck" />
      <page pageid="1418" ns="0" title="Bart Kreeft" />
      <page pageid="2037" ns="0" title="Bab Wijsman" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>