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    FIRST NON-LATIN COUNTRY DOMAINS LAUNCHED

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    May 7, 2010 - 16:14 AMT 11:14 GMT

    Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced
    the launch of the first country-code domain names written in non-Latin
    script. The three new top-level domains are CaÓÚæÏíE. ("Al-Saudiah"),
    CãCÑCÊ. ("Emarat") and ãÕÑ. ("Misr"). All three are Arabic script
    domains, and will enable domain names written fully right-to-left.

    In a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Internet Society
    NGO chairman Igor Mkrtumyan characterized creation of national domains
    as a political issue, rather than technical necessity.

    "Theoretically, creation of Armenian domains is a feasible, though
    time-taking procedure. Surveys we conducted among Armenian users
    prove Armenian domains to be unnecessary," he said.

    ICANN began testing internationalized domain name (IDN) back in the
    Fall of 2006, and tested 11 languages - Arabic, Persian, Chinese
    (simplified and traditional), Russian, Hindi, Greek, Korean, Yiddish,
    Japanese and Tamil.

    "ICANN staff are still finishing the processing of these domain's
    delegations, but now that they are visible in the root zone it is
    fair to say these are mostly formalities. The remaining tasks include
    final technical verifications, updating the IANA WHOIS database
    and publishing the delegation reports," the ICANN blog said on May
    5. "Now the hard work happens in the countries which have their new
    IDN ccTLDs. They will now commence their own processes to launch the
    domains in a way that gives their communities access to put them to
    day-to-day use."

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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