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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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      <item logid="2143" ns="6" title="File:PWM detail.gif" pageid="1997" logpage="1997" type="upload" action="upload" user="Kaiser" timestamp="2013-05-07T03:14:39Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="2142" ns="6" title="File:555 internals.gif" pageid="1996" logpage="1996" type="upload" action="upload" user="Kaiser" timestamp="2013-05-07T03:03:45Z" comment="" />
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    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>