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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2018-11-17T15:54:09Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="8075" prev="8016" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="8074" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="8073" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
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      <item logid="4104" ns="6" title="File:P5 MICRO -19.png" pageid="3352" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="m3wrij1ivb9eac5xqd70ev3jkyugphz" img_timestamp="2018-11-17T15:56:10Z" user="Marco Galli" timestamp="2018-11-17T15:56:10Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="4103" ns="6" title="File:P5 MICRO 027 copy.png" pageid="3351" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="6pxuy6w8hd1f99zzmmaevsby57q9zza" img_timestamp="2018-11-17T15:55:47Z" user="Marco Galli" timestamp="2018-11-17T15:55:47Z" comment="" />
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      <item logid="4101" ns="6" title="File:P5 MICRO 025 copy.png" pageid="3349" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="jbux0cvql2kii3hzstqteherpvioqf1" img_timestamp="2018-11-17T15:54:44Z" user="Marco Galli" timestamp="2018-11-17T15:54:44Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>