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    It's amazing, All. Check out the diversity of languages, names,
    types and purposes. There's brands, geographic names, generics, and
    a myriad of names I don't even recognize. A great mix. <br>
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    Best,<br>
    Kathy<br>
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    :
    <blockquote cite="mid:195B5DAF-33AE-442A-80B9-A59DBACABDFE@uzh.ch"
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href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en</a>
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      <div>ICANN's numbers a bit revealing and arguably sad.  Quoting
        the 1 pg overview:</div>
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      <div>1930 applications, after refunds, for new generic top-level
        domains.<br>
        1846 of those are “standard” applications.  84 are designated as
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        Of the 1930, 66 have designated themselves as geographic name
        applications.<br>
        116 applications are Internationalized Domain Names, or IDNs,
        using non-Latin scripts.</div>
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        Just three applicants seek support through ICANN’s Applicant
        Support Program [that CS fought to get established.]</div>
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        Applications  from 60 countries. Using ICANN’s definitions of
        the world’s regions:</div>
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        911 applications came from North America. </div>
      <div>675 from Europe. </div>
      <div>303 applications are from the Asia-Pacific region. </div>
      <div>24 are from Latin America and the Caribbean. </div>
      <div>17 from Africa.</div>
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        Some domain names have been applied for by more than one
        applicant. There are 230 domain names for which at least two
        applications were submitted, involving a total of 751
        applications.<br>
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          <div>On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:07 PM, William Drake wrote:</div>
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                                  ">For those interested in new gTLD, a
                                  couple thousand apps for new strings </div>
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href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/reveal-day-video-13jun12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/reveal-day-video-13jun12-en.htm</a></div>
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