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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20200301192959|1205" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="1854" prev="732" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1212" ns="0" title="Guthmüller, Hans-Bodo" pageid="967" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nonnenmacher" timestamp="2020-04-20T06:46:27Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1853" prev="1848" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1211" ns="0" title="Iliescu, Maria Henrietta" pageid="969" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nonnenmacher" timestamp="2020-04-20T06:32:48Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1852" prev="1851" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1210" ns="0" title="Iliescu, Maria Henrietta" pageid="969" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nonnenmacher" timestamp="2020-04-20T06:32:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1851" prev="1850" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1209" ns="0" title="Iliescu, Maria Henrietta" pageid="969" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nonnenmacher" timestamp="2020-04-20T06:29:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1850" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1208" ns="0" title="Giustiniani, Vito Rocco" pageid="968" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nonnenmacher" timestamp="2020-04-20T06:24:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1849" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1207" ns="0" title="Guthmüller, Hans-Bodo" pageid="967" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nonnenmacher" timestamp="2020-04-20T06:22:33Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1848" prev="1847" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1206" ns="0" title="Guthmüller, Hans-Bodo" pageid="967" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nonnenmacher" timestamp="2020-04-20T06:09:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1847" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>