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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20250509181503|11192" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="95591" prev="93778" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="95590" prev="94838" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="11199" ns="0" title="Hipatia" pageid="1666" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="LGH" timestamp="2025-05-11T16:04:16Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="95589" prev="32396" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="11198" ns="0" title="Augusto Guillermo de Schlegel" pageid="3424" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="LGH" timestamp="2025-05-09T20:51:26Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="95588" prev="33771" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="11197" ns="0" title="Francisco Sánchez" pageid="1528" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="LGH" timestamp="2025-05-09T20:13:07Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="95587" prev="95586" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="11196" ns="0" title="Francisco Sánchez" pageid="1528" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="LGH" timestamp="2025-05-09T20:12:35Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="95586" prev="32205" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="11195" ns="0" title="Jorge Cuvier" pageid="4656" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="LGH" timestamp="2025-05-09T19:41:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="95585" prev="34804" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="11194" ns="0" title="Ferécides de Siros" pageid="971" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="LGH" timestamp="2025-05-09T19:13:07Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="95584" prev="31675" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="11193" ns="0" title="San Alberto Magno" pageid="1289" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="LGH" timestamp="2025-05-09T18:24:08Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="95583" prev="95579" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>