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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <param>412</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="7598" pageid="3937" ns="0" title="RBE10K/Cообщества" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Yafimchyk" timestamp="2013-09-09T10:12:13Z" comment="">
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      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="7565" pageid="0" ns="0" title="RBE10K Команды/Помощь" type="delete" action="delete" user="Ziggy" timestamp="2013-08-05T00:43:59Z" comment="Team pages muse not be copied to other languages. Use links instead" />
      <item logid="7564" pageid="0" ns="0" title="RBE10K Команды/Помощь" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Ziggy" timestamp="2013-08-05T00:41:10Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="10076" prev="10068" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7549" pageid="0" ns="0" title="RBE10K Команды/Помощь" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Yafimchyk" timestamp="2013-08-02T17:44:55Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="10068" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6875" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Участница:Pol&quot;ka" type="newusers" action="autocreate" user="Pol&quot;ka" timestamp="2013-07-02T17:58:56Z" comment="">
        <param>287</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="6871" pageid="3761" ns="0" title="RBE10K/Устранение опасений/глобальная-РОЭ против локальной-РОЭ, изобилие, худшие разнообразие и технологии" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Yafimchyk" timestamp="2013-07-01T07:41:06Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="9738" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2013-07-01T07:40:22Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>