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ICANN seeks an organization capable of interviewing and helping to initially
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5 December 2008</span></p>
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Posted for Applicant Guidebook</span></strong></a><br>
ICANN is extending the New gTLDs Applicant Guidebook public comment deadline
until December 15. The new deadline applies to the English posting only. For
the remaining languages the deadline is still January 7.<br>
3 December 2008</span></p>
<p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/proposal-ipv4-report-29nov07.htm"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">IPv4 Global Policy Proposal Updated</span></strong></a><br>
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<span class="mediumtext">ICANN's Nominating Committee invites Statements of
Interest and candidate recommendations from the Internet community as it seeks
qualified candidates to assist in the organization's technical and policy
coordination role.</span><br>
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