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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">2009 in basketball</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">2009–10 NBA season</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">2010 in basketball</c>
      <c size="4" pages="4" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Account Upgrades</c>
      <c size="8" pages="8" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Attributes</c>
      <c size="5" pages="5" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Beginner's Stuff</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Beginner Stuff</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Challenges</c>
      <c size="3" pages="3" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Communication design</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Conversation design</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories acfrom="Games, Stats and Mechanics" />
  </query-continue>
</api>