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| 08-04-28 |
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.BR |
Brazil to open domain for individuals
 On May 1, 2008, .COM.BR will be opened up to individuals. Up until then, priori rights holders may carry out priority registrations to protect those rights.
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| 08-04-24 |
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.ENG |
England wants its own domain
 An online petition has been launched to convince ICANN to sanction a .ENG suffix for England.
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| 08-04-24 |
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.CN |
Chinese registry clarifies transfer rules
 The Chinese registry is determined to ensure that local registrars do not block their customers wishing to transfer names away.
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| 08-04-15 |
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.CO |
.CO heading for 2010 launch
 Following a common trend, Columbia plans to open its Top Level Domain for registrations. The local government has just released a tentative launch schedule.
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| 08-04-15 |
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NEWS |
Dollars.com set to make lots of euros
 Auction watching is getting to be a great sport these days. After the fun pizza.com that makes its previous owner's fortune, a new hot sale is coming: Dollars.com
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| 08-04-15 |
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.DE |
12 million .DE domains
 Domain names are proving as popular as ever in Germany, with the 12th million .DE domain being registered on April 14.
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| 08-04-10 |
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.ASIA |
.ASIA adding 5,000 domains a day
 .ASIA opened to all on March 26. We have the first official post-launch stats for Asia's new Internet domain.
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| 08-04-10 |
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ICANN |
ICANN Paris agenda released
 ICANN has just published the agenda for the Paris meeting.
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| 08-04-08 |
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.EU |
Dot EU is two years old!
 Two years ago, on April 7 2006, Europe's domain opened for all. Today, it totals more than 2.8 million registered names. According to the European commission, it's become a distinct European identity.
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| 08-04-07 |
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DOMAIN TASTING |
.BIZ and INFO's anti-tasting measures okayed
 ICANN has just approved modifications requested a few weeks ago by the .BIZ and .INFO registries to limit domain tasting. From now on, no registrar will be able to freely delete more than 10% of the names it registers monthly.
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| 08-03-27 |
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EVENTS |
Paris to host IT law conference in June
 IFCLA, the International Federation of Computer Law Associations, is holding its traditional biannual conference in Paris this year, on June 5 and 6.
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| 08-03-25 |
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NEWS |
Free speech of basic survival instincts?
 This is all about the new storm brewing around Network Solutions. This time, it's over Netsol's decision to suspend the website of controversial far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders.
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| 08-03-18 |
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.XXX |
Another nail in .XXX's coffin?
 A Washington judge has ruled against .XXX sponsor ICM Registry's FOIA request for documents proving governmental intervention against the proposed adult Internet domain.
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| 08-03-18 |
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.CZ |
.CZ tops 400,000
 CZNIC, registry for the Czech Republic's .CZ, has just passed the 400,000 domain mark, thanks in part to a simplified registration system.
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| 08-03-17 |
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.DE |
New record sale : casino.de
 Danish company Balslev Media ApS has paid 400,000 euros (close to US $600,000) for the domain casino.de.
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| 08-03-13 |
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Blog SVG |
.ASIA hits the half mil
 DotAsia's launch process is now over and the registry's official numbers are 505,838 domain name applications.
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| 08-03-13 |
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.RS |
8,000 .RS domains
 Serbia's .RS opened for business on Monday. Domaines.Info has exclusive stats on the new extension's first week.
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| 08-03-13 |
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.AND |
Dot AND for Andalucía?
 A proposal made by one of Spain's political parties during the recent presidential elections shows that "community" suffixes are going mainstream.
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| 08-03-11 |
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ICANN |
Anti-tasting motion under consideration
 A proposed motion to curb domain tasting is being considered by ICANN. Public comments can be made on the proposal until March 28, 2008.
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| 08-03-04 |
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.RS |
.RS opens on March 10
 Next Monday, .RS will officially replace .YU as Serbia’s active Internet domain.
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| 08-02-28 |
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.PRO |
Numeric domains coming to .PRO
 RegistryPro plans to open .PRO to three character numeric domains such as 123.PRO.
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| 08-02-26 |
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.CAT |
No country code for Catalonia
 Spain's politicians have shelved plans for a .CT country code domain for the Catalan region, which already has a .CAT generic domain.
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| 08-02-25 |
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.TRAVEL |
.TRAVEL sold
 Tralliance owner TheGlobe.com is selling the .TRAVEL registry to The Registry Management Company LLC. The buyer is controlled by Michael S. Egan, who is also TheGlobe.com's CEO and controlling investor.
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| 08-02-21 |
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ICANN |
Prague aims for 2009 ICANN meeting
 The Czech capital of Prague is hoping to become the venue for the European round of the 2009 ICANN meeting programme.
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| 08-02-18 |
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.TEL |
.TEL to open towards end of 2008
 Details of the .TEL launch programme are still being finalised, but the new suffix is not expected to open before Q4 2008.
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| 08-02-07 |
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.ASIA |
30,000 .ASIA Sunrise requests
 The .ASIA Sunrise is now finished. The registry's numbers show there were just over 30,000 applications for .ASIA domains.
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| 08-02-05 |
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.PT |
.PT launch postponed
 Relaunch of the Portuguese domain, initially scheduled for a sunrise this month, is delayed.
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| 08-02-05 |
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.ASIA |
.ASIA auctions deadline extended
 The closing date for .Asia's sunrise auctions has been extended by a week for auctions scheduled from February 4 to 11, 2008.
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| 08-01-31 |
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION |
Czech court becomes UDRP provider
 ICANN has just given the Czech Arbitration Court the go-ahead to become an official provider of UDRP dispute resolution.
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| 08-01-29 |
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.ASIA |
.ASIA's auction success
 DotAsia is celebrating the success of its first Sunrise auctions. Does this mean that some registry-run auctions are actually a good thing?
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