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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="1" pages="0" files="0" subcats="1" xml:space="preserve">Academic Interviews</c>
      <c size="7" pages="5" files="0" subcats="2" xml:space="preserve">Acta Pontificum (Nova Roma)</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Akita (Dog Breed)</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Alasca et Havaia</c>
      <c size="12" pages="12" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Altes Rom</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Ambarvalia</c>
      <c size="14" pages="14" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Amendments (Nova Roma)</c>
      <c size="36" pages="23" files="0" subcats="13" xml:space="preserve">Ancient Rome</c>
      <c size="12" pages="12" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Apparitores (Nova Roma)</c>
      <c size="41" pages="41" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Aquila:Aquila (Nova Roma)</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories acfrom="Aquila (Nova Roma)" />
  </query-continue>
</api>