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        <patrol cur="4647" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1727" pageid="0" ns="0" title="Do It Yourself and Upgrading Ideas" type="delete" action="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2013-12-09T20:12:15Z" comment="content was: &#039;If it is decided that remodeling is required for increasing promoting price subsequent items need to be considered: price of domiciles in neighbor, co...&#039; (and the only contributor was &#039;[[Special:Contributions/BarindraChurch400|BarindraChurc" />
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  </query>
</api>