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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2024-02-10T15:37:28Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="12924" ns="2" title="User:Alexander Croney" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="561" user="Alexander Croney" timestamp="2024-11-10T18:06:13Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12923" ns="2" title="User:Wm Mick" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="560" user="Wm Mick" timestamp="2024-09-29T14:32:52Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12922" ns="2" title="User:Follow Dreams" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="559" user="Follow Dreams" timestamp="2024-09-07T19:27:30Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12921" ns="2" title="User:Ceaser Anthony" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="558" user="Ceaser Anthony" timestamp="2024-07-25T05:10:38Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12920" ns="2" title="User:Huub Huub" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="557" user="Huub Huub" timestamp="2024-06-25T14:48:43Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12919" ns="2" title="User:James Bond" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="556" user="James Bond" timestamp="2024-06-01T16:46:06Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12918" ns="2" title="User:Muhoozi Bryan" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="555" user="Muhoozi Bryan" timestamp="2024-05-09T09:59:14Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12917" ns="2" title="User:Monte Aventura" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="554" user="Monte Aventura" timestamp="2024-04-26T17:03:20Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12916" ns="2" title="User:Gibs Gambia" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="553" user="Gibs Gambia" timestamp="2024-03-20T15:58:34Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12915" ns="2" title="User:Frank Elephant" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="552" user="Frank Elephant" timestamp="2024-03-09T13:14:09Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>