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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20130421003816|966" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="310" prev="309" auto="1" />
      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="972" ns="0" title="Joomla!" pageid="114" logpage="114" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jl admin wk" timestamp="2013-04-21T03:59:54Z" comment="">
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      </item>
      <item logid="971" ns="0" title="WordPress" pageid="101" logpage="101" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jl admin wk" timestamp="2013-04-21T02:02:48Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="307" prev="262" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="970" ns="0" title="Table of Contents" pageid="93" logpage="93" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jl admin wk" timestamp="2013-04-21T02:02:16Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="306" prev="285" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="969" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" logpage="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jl admin wk" timestamp="2013-04-21T00:52:36Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="305" prev="303" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="968" ns="4" title="Joseph Luis Wiki:Terms of Service" pageid="110" logpage="110" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jl admin wk" timestamp="2013-04-21T00:51:53Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="304" prev="294" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="967" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" logpage="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jl admin wk" timestamp="2013-04-21T00:44:28Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="303" prev="302" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>