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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="1283" prev="1105" auto="1" />
      </item>
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      <item logid="1224" pageid="797" ns="6" title="File:Shipyard.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Sruden" timestamp="2016-09-04T18:29:39Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="1223" pageid="796" ns="6" title="File:Gunabout arrow.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Sruden" timestamp="2016-08-29T15:02:33Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="1222" pageid="79" ns="0" title="Lucius Hawke" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Hawke" timestamp="2015-12-10T05:54:02Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1261" prev="1194" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1221" pageid="383" ns="0" title="Solaria Gateway" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Blackbriar" timestamp="2015-12-10T05:19:00Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1260" prev="569" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2015-07-11T22:07:52Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>