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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="14" pageid="4" ns="0" title="Кадровое делопроизводство" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Taleodor" timestamp="2012-12-02T19:05:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="15" prev="8" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="13" pageid="7" ns="8" title="MediaWiki:Sidebar" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Taleodor" timestamp="2012-12-02T17:01:42Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="14" prev="13" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="12" pageid="7" ns="8" title="MediaWiki:Sidebar" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Taleodor" timestamp="2012-12-02T17:01:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13" prev="12" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="11" pageid="7" ns="8" title="MediaWiki:Sidebar" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Taleodor" timestamp="2012-12-02T16:58:08Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="12" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="10" pageid="6" ns="0" title="Коды причин нетрудоспособности" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Taleodor" timestamp="2012-12-02T16:46:58Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="11" prev="10" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="9" pageid="6" ns="0" title="Коды причин нетрудоспособности" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Taleodor" timestamp="2012-12-02T16:46:31Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="10" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="8" pageid="5" ns="0" title="Справочные данные" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Taleodor" timestamp="2012-12-02T16:45:48Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="9" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7" pageid="4" ns="0" title="Кадровое делопроизводство" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Taleodor" timestamp="2012-12-02T16:44:48Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="8" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6" pageid="3" ns="0" title="Соглашение о правовом статусе трудящихся-мигрантов и членов их семей" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Taleodor" timestamp="2012-12-02T16:41:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="5" pageid="2" ns="0" title="Кадровое законодательство" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Taleodor" timestamp="2012-12-02T16:38:28Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6" prev="5" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2012-12-02T16:32:31Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>