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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="72510" ns="0" title="Offizielle Aussagen von Piranha Bytes" pageid="17148" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Schatten" timestamp="2025-09-26T20:10:41Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="83407" prev="83397" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>