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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="947" ns="0" title="fortinet downloads" pageid="269" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2025-04-21T21:48:27Z" comment="">
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    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>