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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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    <allimages aicontinue="Day_2_-_Alpen.JPG" />
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  <query>
    <allimages>
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      <img name="Day_1_-_Snoopy_themed_rubbish_bin.JPG" timestamp="2006-03-16T06:56:59Z" url="http://nickj.org/images/3/3c/Day_1_-_Snoopy_themed_rubbish_bin.JPG" descriptionurl="http://nickj.org/File:Day_1_-_Snoopy_themed_rubbish_bin.JPG" ns="6" title="File:Day 1 - Snoopy themed rubbish bin.JPG" />
      <img name="Day_1_-_The_snoopy_themed_bed_covers.JPG" timestamp="2006-03-16T06:57:33Z" url="http://nickj.org/images/6/66/Day_1_-_The_snoopy_themed_bed_covers.JPG" descriptionurl="http://nickj.org/File:Day_1_-_The_snoopy_themed_bed_covers.JPG" ns="6" title="File:Day 1 - The snoopy themed bed covers.JPG" />
      <img name="Day_1_-_The_snoopy_themed_room.JPG" timestamp="2006-03-16T06:58:10Z" url="http://nickj.org/images/3/3d/Day_1_-_The_snoopy_themed_room.JPG" descriptionurl="http://nickj.org/File:Day_1_-_The_snoopy_themed_room.JPG" ns="6" title="File:Day 1 - The snoopy themed room.JPG" />
      <img name="Day_1_-_The_snoopy_themed_tissue_box.jpg" timestamp="2006-03-16T08:45:01Z" url="http://nickj.org/images/2/22/Day_1_-_The_snoopy_themed_tissue_box.jpg" descriptionurl="http://nickj.org/File:Day_1_-_The_snoopy_themed_tissue_box.jpg" ns="6" title="File:Day 1 - The snoopy themed tissue box.jpg" />
      <img name="Day_1_-_Tired_after_yesterday\&#039;s_flight.JPG" timestamp="2006-03-16T06:58:41Z" url="http://nickj.org/images/1/13/Day_1_-_Tired_after_yesterday%5C%27s_flight.JPG" descriptionurl="http://nickj.org/File:Day_1_-_Tired_after_yesterday%5C%27s_flight.JPG" ns="6" title="File:Day 1 - Tired after yesterday\&#039;s flight.JPG" />
      <img name="Day_1_-_meeting_area.JPG" timestamp="2006-03-16T06:59:12Z" url="http://nickj.org/images/0/09/Day_1_-_meeting_area.JPG" descriptionurl="http://nickj.org/File:Day_1_-_meeting_area.JPG" ns="6" title="File:Day 1 - meeting area.JPG" />
    </allimages>
  </query>
</api>