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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20190413181605|769" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="710" prev="692" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="775" ns="0" title="Faq" pageid="123" logpage="123" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Vaal" timestamp="2023-04-04T09:58:41Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="709" prev="708" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="774" ns="0" title="Faq" pageid="123" logpage="123" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Vaal" timestamp="2023-04-04T09:53:55Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="708" prev="699" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="773" ns="2" title="Участник:Weightworm11" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="4" type="newusers" action="create" user="Weightworm11" timestamp="2021-10-28T14:44:42Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="772" ns="2" title="Участник:Eracornet70" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="3" type="newusers" action="create" user="Eracornet70" timestamp="2021-10-20T22:56:28Z" comment="" />
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      <item logid="770" ns="0" title="Настройка ОС для серверов СУБД Oracle" pageid="64" logpage="64" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Vaal" timestamp="2019-04-13T18:23:29Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="704" prev="703" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>