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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <recentchanges>
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Contact Double Agent" rcid="1213" pageid="2140" revid="5142" old_revid="5043" timestamp="2014-10-07T20:44:52Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Double Agent" rcid="1212" pageid="2184" revid="5141" old_revid="5069" timestamp="2014-10-07T20:39:57Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Double Modern" rcid="1211" pageid="2374" revid="5140" old_revid="5122" timestamp="2014-10-07T19:43:23Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Modern" rcid="1210" pageid="2273" revid="5139" old_revid="5129" timestamp="2014-10-07T19:42:55Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Ambassador" rcid="1209" pageid="2182" revid="5138" old_revid="5092" timestamp="2014-10-03T19:01:21Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="High-rise" rcid="1208" pageid="2355" revid="5137" old_revid="5136" timestamp="2014-10-01T04:39:18Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="High-rise" rcid="1207" pageid="2355" revid="5136" old_revid="5123" timestamp="2014-10-01T04:36:39Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Seduce Target" rcid="1206" pageid="2161" revid="5135" old_revid="5088" timestamp="2014-09-19T16:43:03Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Purloin Guest List" rcid="1205" pageid="2259" revid="5134" old_revid="5087" timestamp="2014-09-19T16:42:22Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Fingerprint Ambassador" rcid="1204" pageid="2352" revid="5133" old_revid="5094" timestamp="2014-09-19T16:41:07Z" />
    </recentchanges>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <recentchanges rcstart="2014-09-19T16:40:12Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>