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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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    <logevents lecontinue="20231205150917|550" />
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    <logevents>
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      </item>
      <item logid="555" action="patrol" ns="0" title="Royal Theresian Order" pageid="125" logpage="125" type="patrol" user="Dick Tator" timestamp="2024-01-28T15:34:20Z" comment="">
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      </item>
      <item logid="554" action="overwrite" ns="6" title="Datei:MapAlberniaBorders.png" pageid="466" logpage="466" img_sha1="04lav16waa74oljm3b3s7c3j3p5istq" img_timestamp="2023-12-15T00:09:40Z" type="upload" user="Dick Tator" timestamp="2023-12-15T00:09:40Z" comment="" />
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="11026" prev="11025" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="551" action="patrol" ns="0" title="Order of Precedence" pageid="76" logpage="76" type="patrol" user="Dick Tator" timestamp="2023-12-05T15:10:55Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="11025" prev="11024" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>