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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
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    <namespaces>
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      <ns id="0" xml:space="preserve" />
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      <ns id="5" subpages="" canonical="Project talk" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni Commissione Divulgazione - Unione Astrofili Italiani</ns>
      <ns id="6" canonical="File" xml:space="preserve">File</ns>
      <ns id="7" subpages="" canonical="File talk" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni file</ns>
      <ns id="8" canonical="MediaWiki" xml:space="preserve">MediaWiki</ns>
      <ns id="9" subpages="" canonical="MediaWiki talk" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni MediaWiki</ns>
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      <ns id="11" subpages="" canonical="Template talk" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni template</ns>
      <ns id="12" canonical="Help" xml:space="preserve">Aiuto</ns>
      <ns id="13" subpages="" canonical="Help talk" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni aiuto</ns>
      <ns id="14" canonical="Category" xml:space="preserve">Categoria</ns>
      <ns id="15" subpages="" canonical="Category talk" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni categoria</ns>
    </namespaces>
    <namespacealiases>
      <ns id="6" xml:space="preserve">Image</ns>
      <ns id="7" xml:space="preserve">Image talk</ns>
      <ns id="6" xml:space="preserve">Immagine</ns>
      <ns id="7" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni immagine</ns>
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  </query>
</api>