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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2016-02-01T07:11:26Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="777" pageid="270" ns="0" title="«Менам бергалана олӧм»" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-06-07T08:33:25Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="853" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="776" pageid="68" ns="14" title="Категория:Спектакли" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-06-07T07:59:43Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="852" prev="850" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="775" pageid="269" ns="0" title="«Дзугйын»" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-06-07T07:45:02Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="851" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="774" pageid="68" ns="14" title="Категория:Спектакли" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-06-07T07:19:35Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="850" prev="847" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="773" pageid="268" ns="0" title="&quot;Дачникъяс&quot;" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-06-06T09:24:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="849" prev="848" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="772" pageid="268" ns="0" title="&quot;Дачникъяс&quot;" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-06-06T09:23:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="848" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="771" pageid="68" ns="14" title="Категория:Спектакли" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-06-06T08:52:23Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="847" prev="845" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="770" pageid="267" ns="0" title="&quot;Эжва Перымса зонка&quot;" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-02-18T07:08:42Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="846" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="769" pageid="68" ns="14" title="Категория:Спектакли" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-02-18T06:27:08Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="845" prev="834" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="768" pageid="261" ns="0" title="Петербургысь инкогнито" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-02-01T07:11:50Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="844" prev="840" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>