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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20130523210320|350" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="360" ns="0" title="Get History" pageid="15" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2015-06-01T17:26:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="362" prev="361" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="359" ns="0" title="Get History" pageid="15" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2015-06-01T17:25:36Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="361" prev="360" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="358" ns="0" title="Get History" pageid="15" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-07-01T13:01:19Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="360" prev="359" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="357" ns="0" title="Get History" pageid="15" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-07-01T13:00:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="359" prev="358" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="356" ns="0" title="Get History" pageid="15" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-07-01T12:59:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="358" prev="357" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="355" ns="0" title="Get History" pageid="15" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-07-01T12:59:11Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="357" prev="333" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="354" ns="0" title="Send SMS" pageid="11" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-06-27T08:09:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="356" prev="355" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="353" ns="0" title="Send SMS" pageid="11" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-06-27T08:01:40Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="355" prev="329" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="352" ns="0" title="Get Line Details" pageid="23" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2013-05-23T21:05:23Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="354" prev="345" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="351" ns="0" title="Get Calls History" pageid="24" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2013-05-23T21:04:48Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="353" prev="349" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>