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<td class="age">{date|rfc822date}</td>
<td class="author">{author|person}</td>
<td class="description">
<a href="{url|urlescape}rev/{node|short}{sessionvars%urlparameter}">{desc|strip|firstline|escape|nonempty}</a>
{alltags}
</td>
</tr>
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