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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20201215203439|20770" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
      <item logid="20779" ns="0" title="Hermien Timmerman" pageid="485" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Evers" timestamp="2020-12-16T09:08:26Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="20176" prev="20173" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="20175" prev="19795" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20777" ns="0" title="Robbie van Erven Dorens" pageid="4783" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Evers" timestamp="2020-12-16T09:07:13Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="20174" prev="20172" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20776" ns="0" title="Hermien Timmerman" pageid="485" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Evers" timestamp="2020-12-16T08:58:33Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="20173" prev="20170" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20775" ns="0" title="Robbie van Erven Dorens" pageid="4783" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Evers" timestamp="2020-12-16T08:55:20Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="20172" prev="20171" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20774" ns="0" title="Robbie van Erven Dorens" pageid="4783" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Evers" timestamp="2020-12-16T08:52:09Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="20171" prev="20147" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20773" ns="0" title="Hermien Timmerman" pageid="485" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Evers" timestamp="2020-12-15T20:45:58Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="20170" prev="20169" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20772" ns="0" title="Hermien Timmerman" pageid="485" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Evers" timestamp="2020-12-15T20:39:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="20169" prev="20168" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20771" ns="0" title="Hermien Timmerman" pageid="485" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Evers" timestamp="2020-12-15T20:36:01Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="20168" prev="20167" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>