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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="83881" pageid="19914" ns="0" title="Clash Event" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kadaan" timestamp="2023-04-25T18:27:18Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="162174" prev="134021" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="83880" pageid="49268" ns="0" title="Azura 10" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kadaan" timestamp="2023-04-25T05:56:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="162173" prev="78149" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="83879" pageid="30565" ns="0" title="Azura" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kadaan" timestamp="2023-04-25T05:56:00Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="162172" prev="58625" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="83878" pageid="77685" ns="0" title="Joachim 11" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kadaan" timestamp="2023-03-13T05:57:09Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="162170" prev="132663" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="83877" pageid="23242" ns="0" title="Joachim 6" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kadaan" timestamp="2023-03-13T05:56:10Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="162169" prev="69540" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="83876" pageid="23241" ns="0" title="Joachim 4" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kadaan" timestamp="2023-03-13T05:56:00Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="162168" prev="69542" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="83875" pageid="1689" ns="0" title="Joachim" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kadaan" timestamp="2023-03-13T05:54:33Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="162167" prev="69541" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="83874" pageid="35787" ns="0" title="Ethelred 10" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kadaan" timestamp="2023-03-10T19:12:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="162166" prev="160626" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="83873" pageid="80453" ns="0" title="Ethelred 12" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kadaan" timestamp="2023-03-10T19:12:44Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="162165" prev="162162" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="83872" pageid="1586" ns="0" title="Ethelred" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kadaan" timestamp="2023-03-10T19:12:26Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="162164" prev="162158" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2023-03-10T19:12:06Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>