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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="float:right">Week
ending 24 April 2009 </span></span></strong></span></p>
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<h4><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Announcements
This Week</span></h4>
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margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-27apr09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fellowship Program Brings Global
Voices Together at ICANN</span></strong></a><br>
Fellows announced for Sydney meeting.<br>
27 April 2009</span></p>
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margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="style51"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-24apr09-en.htm">IRT
Draft Report on Trademark Protection Issues Now Available for Public Comment</a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
This Draft IRT Report will be posted for a thirty (30) day comment period that
closes on 24 May, 2009.<br>
24 April 2009</span></p>
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margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="style41"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-24apr09-en.htm">GAC
Responds to ICANN Regarding Protection for Geographic Terms in New gTLDs</a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<span class="mediumtext">In accordance with the 6 March, 2009 ICANN Board
resolution, the Governmental Advisory Committee responded to ICANN's 17 March,
2009 letter regarding Protection for Geographic Terms in New gTLDs</span>.<br>
24 April 2009</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="style31"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-02apr09-en.htm">Deadline
for Independent Evaluator Applications Extended</a> (Updated)</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
If you have any questions regarding this process, please email: <a href="mailto:eval-eoi@icann.org">eval-eoi@icann.org</a><br>
22 April 2009</span></p>
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margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="style21"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-21apr09-en.htm">Public
Comment: Proposed IDN gTLD Constituency</a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
The ICANN Board has now received a third formal petition - from the prospective
IDNgTLD Constituency.<br>
21 April 2009</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="style11"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21apr09-en.htm">Nomination
Period Closes for 2009 Nom Com</a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
On 15 April 2009, the nomination period closed to applicants for one of the
nine open ICANN leadership positions this year. <br>
21 April 2009</span></p>
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<h4><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">About
ICANN</span></h4>
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