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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="Region/The League Of Well Meaning Leaders" snippet="|title=The League Of Well &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;Meaning&lt;/span&gt; Leaders&#10;|keywords=NationStates,The League Of Well &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;Meaning&lt;/span&gt; Leaders,NSWiki,&#10;" size="3628" wordcount="510" timestamp="2016-04-05T16:44:53Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Region/The League of Well Meaning Leaders" snippet="|title=The League Of Well &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;Meaning&lt;/span&gt; Leaders&#10;|keywords=NationStates,The League Of Well &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;Meaning&lt;/span&gt; Leaders,NSWiki,&#10;" size="1730" wordcount="201" timestamp="2018-06-12T21:53:06Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Region/The Meaning Of Life" snippet="|title=The &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;Meaning&lt;/span&gt; Of Life&#10;|keywords=NationStates,The &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;Meaning&lt;/span&gt; Of Life,NSWiki,&#10;" size="1614" wordcount="184" timestamp="2016-09-24T06:28:03Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>