Importing Premiere Pro 2.0 projects/files into FCP

Hi,
I am about to switch from Windows XP and Premiere Pro 2.0 to OSX and FCP 5.1. Is there a way can import my Premere Pro projects into FCP? I know that there is a way to convert the AVI DV clips into Quicktime, but what I am particularly interested in is importing the sequence.
Has anyone done this before?
Thanks,
Marc

There's always the EDL but they support much info. Can Premiere export an XML? That's a good route. Also try:
http://www.automaticduck.com/

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This problem should have been picked up by Adobe's test analyst during testing of the product.
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I'm running on an old machine - dual core, 8MB memory, HD6570 video card.
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