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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks alcontinue="Bad_Kissingen" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <alllinks>
      <l ns="0" title="BDA-Gebäude" />
      <l ns="0" title="Baader-Befreiung" />
      <l ns="0" title="Babelsberger Filmstudios" />
      <l ns="0" title="Babenhausen" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bacchus" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bachstraße, S-Bahnbögen 481 und 482, 10555 Berlin" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bad Driburg" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bad Homburg" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bad Homburg vor der Höhe" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bad Honnef" />
    </alllinks>
  </query>
</api>