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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="1046" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Systems" timestamp="2014-11-19T16:50:58Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="1088" cur="1089" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1045" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Systems" timestamp="2014-11-18T19:14:13Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="1086" cur="1088" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1044" pageid="0" ns="0" title="Russian/Russian" type="delete" action="delete" user="Systems" timestamp="2014-11-18T17:58:00Z" comment="testing restore" />
      <item logid="1043" pageid="0" ns="0" title="Russian/Russian" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Systems" timestamp="2014-11-18T17:53:42Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="0" cur="1087" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1042" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Systems" timestamp="2014-11-18T17:53:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="1085" cur="1086" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1041" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Ccieri" type="rights" action="rights" user="Systems" timestamp="2014-11-18T17:17:42Z" comment="">
        <rights new="sysop, bureaucrat, Editors" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1040" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Ccieri" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Systems" timestamp="2014-11-18T17:16:34Z" comment="">
        <param>15</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="1039" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Systems" timestamp="2014-05-29T14:55:06Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="1084" cur="1085" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1038" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mamandel" timestamp="2013-10-31T20:59:49Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="1080" cur="1084" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1037" pageid="144" ns="1" title="Talk:Main Page/wb" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mamandel" timestamp="2013-10-31T20:48:43Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="1082" cur="1083" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2013-10-31T20:12:47Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>