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San Francisco Public Meeting.<br>10 March 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt: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-10mar11-en.htm"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IDN ccTLD Request From Bangladesh Successfully Passes String Evaluation</span></strong></a><br>ICANN is pleased to announce the successful completion of String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLD string for Bangladesh.<br>10 March 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt: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-08mar11-en.htm"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Apply Now to Join the ICANN Board, the Councils of GNSO and ccNSO, and the ALAC</span></strong></a><br>ICANN's Nominating Committee (NomCom) invites Statements of Interest and candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership positions to fulfill ICANN's technical and policy coordination role.<br>8 March 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt: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-07mar11-en.htm"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN Signs Accountability Framework with ccTLD Manager for Luxemburg (.LU)</span></strong></a><br>ICANN has announced today that it has signed an Exchange of Letters with the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) manager for .LU (Luxemburg), Fondation RESTENA, on 22 February 2011.<br>7 March 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h4><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Upcoming Events<o:p></o:p></span></h4><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://svsf40.icann.org/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.icann.org/images/svsf-logo-final-187x110-08feb11.png" alt="13 - 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