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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>
      <item logid="877" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Gosia" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gosia" timestamp="2013-04-10T20:16:30Z" comment="">
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        <patrol auto="1" prev="825" cur="835" />
      </item>
      <item logid="875" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Gosia" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gosia" timestamp="2013-04-10T20:07:45Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="833" cur="834" />
      </item>
      <item logid="874" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Gosia" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gosia" timestamp="2013-04-10T19:58:42Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="832" cur="833" />
      </item>
      <item logid="873" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Gosia" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gosia" timestamp="2013-04-06T13:31:27Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="829" cur="832" />
      </item>
      <item logid="872" pageid="325" ns="0" title="Rachel, a GUI for Gosia" type="move" action="move" user="Hayes" timestamp="2013-02-11T23:14:46Z" comment="Can&#039;t link to the old name (because of a comma?).">
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      </item>
      <item logid="871" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Gosia" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gosia" timestamp="2012-12-12T21:14:14Z" comment="">
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      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2012-12-12T19:28:21Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>