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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2014-04-16T09:00:28Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="26" ns="0" title="Wo befindet sich das Terra Business Center?" pageid="7" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Terra" timestamp="2016-06-28T10:43:10Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="27" prev="23" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="25" ns="0" title="Wie lange gibt es das Terra Business Center schon?" pageid="6" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Terra" timestamp="2016-06-28T10:37:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="26" prev="19" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="24" ns="0" title="Was ist das Terra Business Center?" pageid="3" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Terra" timestamp="2016-06-28T10:33:23Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="25" prev="8" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="23" ns="0" title="Hauptseite" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Terra" timestamp="2016-06-28T10:28:59Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="24" prev="20" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="22" ns="0" title="Wo befindet sich das Terra Business Center?" pageid="7" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Terra" timestamp="2014-04-16T11:03:26Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23" prev="22" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="21" ns="0" title="Wo befindet sich das Terra Business Center?" pageid="7" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Terra" timestamp="2014-04-16T11:03:07Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="22" prev="21" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20" ns="0" title="Wo befindet sich das Terra Business Center?" pageid="7" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Terra" timestamp="2014-04-16T11:02:38Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="19" ns="0" title="Hauptseite" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Terra" timestamp="2014-04-16T10:34:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="20" prev="17" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="18" ns="0" title="Wie lange gibt es das Terra Business Center schon?" pageid="6" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Terra" timestamp="2014-04-16T10:19:25Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="19" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17" ns="0" title="B2B Business" pageid="5" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Terra" timestamp="2014-04-16T09:01:53Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="18" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>