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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="28" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Utente:Vincenzo.corrado" type="rights" action="rights" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-01-30T10:40:38Z" comment="">
        <rights new="sysop, bureaucrat" old="sysop" />
      </item>
      <item logid="27" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Utente:Livio.mazzarella" type="rights" action="rights" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-01-30T10:38:24Z" comment="">
        <rights new="moderatore" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="26" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Utente:Livio.mazzarella" type="rights" action="rights" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-01-24T18:36:03Z" comment="">
        <rights new="" old="sysop" />
      </item>
      <item logid="25" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Utente:Livio.mazzarella" type="rights" action="rights" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-01-24T12:46:06Z" comment="">
        <rights new="sysop" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="24" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Utente:Vincenzo.corrado" type="rights" action="rights" user="Admin" timestamp="2011-12-02T17:31:25Z" comment="">
        <rights new="sysop" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="23" pageid="2" ns="4" title="IBPSA Italy:Informazioni" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2011-09-05T10:07:35Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="0" cur="24" />
      </item>
      <item logid="22" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Pagina principale" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2011-09-05T09:41:18Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="22" cur="23" />
      </item>
      <item logid="21" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Pagina principale" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2011-09-05T09:40:52Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="21" cur="22" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Utente:Fabio Moriondo" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Admin" timestamp="2011-09-02T13:20:04Z" comment="">
        <param>2</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="19" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Pagina principale" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2011-09-02T11:20:12Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="19" cur="20" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2011-09-02T11:08:22Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>