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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="Multiple MySQL Instances" snippet="        # denied&amp;quot; response as &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; the server is functioning.&#10;" size="6461" wordcount="764" timestamp="2011-05-27T22:46:53Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Urchin UTM" snippet="... specified for plesklog. The CustomLog directive is not mutually exclusive(&lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; subsequent entries will not overwrite prior). If you have two CustomLog dir&#10;" size="1397" wordcount="223" timestamp="2010-09-09T21:03:40Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>