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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="The Works" />
      <p ns="0" title="A Kind Of Magic (album)" />
      <p ns="0" title="In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited" />
      <p ns="0" title="Need Your Loving Tonight" />
      <p ns="0" title="One Vision" />
      <p ns="0" title="I&#039;m Going Slightly Mad" />
      <p ns="0" title="Freddie Mercury" />
      <p ns="0" title="Your Kind Of Lover" />
      <p ns="0" title="Mr. Bad Guy (album)" />
      <p ns="0" title="Greatest Hits II" />
    </search>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <search sroffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
</api>