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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Cemeteries" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="110" ns="0" title="B K Sweenys" />
      <page pageid="64" ns="0" title="Bethpage" />
      <page pageid="75" ns="0" title="Bethpage Assembly of God" />
      <page pageid="78" ns="0" title="Bethpage Drive-In Theater" />
      <page pageid="88" ns="0" title="Bethpage Friends Meeting" />
      <page pageid="81" ns="0" title="Bethpage Jewish Community Center" />
      <page pageid="84" ns="0" title="Bethpage Methodist Church" />
      <page pageid="156" ns="0" title="Bethpage Post Office" />
      <page pageid="99" ns="0" title="Bethpage Purchase" />
      <page pageid="103" ns="0" title="Bethpage School District" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>