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<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">News from the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style="float:left">http://www.icann.org</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="float:right">Week
ending 30 October 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>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30oct09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN Bringing the Languages of the
World to the Global Internet</span></strong></a><br>
Fast Track Process for Internationalized Domain Names Launches Nov 16.<br>
30 October 2009 </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28oct09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Naugus Limited, LLC Has Remedied Their
Noncompliance</span></strong></a><br>
Naugus Limited, LLC has cured its breach to its accreditation agreement with
ICANN and is being considered for renewal as an ICANN-accredited registrar.<br>
28 October 2009</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26oct09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN and the CZ.NIC Association
Announce the Installation of the L Root Server in Prague, Czech Republic</span></strong></a><br>
The installation in Prague expands L's footprint into Europe, in combination
with installations in Miami and Los Angeles.<br>
26 October 2009 </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-25oct09-en.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Evaluators Selection for the New gTLD
Program Continues</span></strong></a><br>
ICANN has received 12 responses to the call for Expressions of Interest (EOI)
for independent evaluators in the new generic top-level domain name (gTLD)
program.<br>
25 October 2009</span></p>
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<h4><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Upcoming
Events</span></h4>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nbo.icann.org/"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.icann.org/images/nairobi-logo-155x82.png" alt="7 - 12 March 2010: 37th International Public ICANN Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya"></span></a><a href="http://nbo.icann.org/">7 - 12 March 2010: 37th International Public ICANN
Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya</a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">20 - 25 June 2010:
38th International Public ICANN Meeting - Brussels, Belgium</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
<h4><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">About
ICANN</span></h4>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm">ICANN Bylaws</a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Our
bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security,
stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and
transparent. Learn more at <a href="http://www.icann.org/"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.ICANN.org</span></strong></a>.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/planning/">Strategic Plan, July 2007 - June 2010</a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm">Adopted FY10
Operating Plan and Budget</a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
[PDF, 1,470K]</span></p>