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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <protectedtitles>
      <pt ns="0" title="Internet Reputation Management" timestamp="2011-12-08T08:49:56Z" level="sysop" />
      <pt ns="0" title="ResourceLinks" timestamp="2011-12-05T08:21:23Z" level="sysop" />
      <pt ns="0" title="OnlineReputationManagement" timestamp="2011-12-05T08:20:41Z" level="autoconfirmed" />
      <pt ns="0" title="SchoolLinks" timestamp="2011-11-28T06:16:46Z" level="sysop" />
      <pt ns="0" title="Las Vegas SEO" timestamp="2011-11-28T06:16:25Z" level="sysop" />
      <pt ns="0" title="Las Vegas Search Engine Optimization" timestamp="2011-11-25T10:48:24Z" level="sysop" />
      <pt ns="0" title="Ng this everyone needs to comprehend" timestamp="2011-10-16T13:13:46Z" level="sysop" />
      <pt ns="1" title="Diskussion:XPATH" timestamp="2010-10-07T09:05:29Z" level="autoconfirmed" />
      <pt ns="3" title="Benutzer Diskussion:Admin" timestamp="2010-04-15T12:42:33Z" level="sysop" />
      <pt ns="2" title="Benutzer:Admin" timestamp="2010-04-15T08:22:22Z" level="sysop" />
    </protectedtitles>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <protectedtitles ptstart="2010-03-25T12:54:30Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>