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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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        <patrol auto="1" prev="347" cur="611" />
      </item>
      <item logid="643" pageid="23" ns="0" title="Eshu" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Chrissy" timestamp="2014-03-04T23:28:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="506" cur="610" />
      </item>
      <item logid="642" pageid="68" ns="14" title="Category:Seemings" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Chrissy" timestamp="2014-03-04T23:22:43Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="301" cur="609" />
      </item>
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        <patrol auto="1" prev="607" cur="608" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2014-03-04T16:30:17Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>