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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <recentchanges rccontinue="20231031082716|9937" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <recentchanges>
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      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Gustav Bay" pageid="638" revid="9311" old_revid="6976" rcid="9942" timestamp="2024-02-23T13:19:42Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Paul Sacher" pageid="2263" revid="9310" old_revid="8600" rcid="9941" timestamp="2023-11-16T08:42:55Z" />
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      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Hermann Straumann" pageid="1156" revid="9308" old_revid="7384" rcid="9939" timestamp="2023-10-31T08:30:41Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Hans Heinrich Tanner" pageid="1183" revid="9307" old_revid="7409" rcid="9938" timestamp="2023-10-31T08:29:32Z" />
    </recentchanges>
  </query>
</api>