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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="213" pageid="34" ns="0" title="Ботан" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-19T09:51:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="207" cur="208" />
      </item>
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        <patrol auto="1" prev="206" cur="207" />
      </item>
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      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2012-05-19T09:42:00Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>