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Internet addresses in Arabic script approved

By Ben Morales-Correa

Image via Wikipedia The global agency overseeing Internet domain names said Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates can begin creating online addresses in their native languages. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) effectively broke the Latin alphabet’s three-decade hold on Internet domain names. The four approved countries may request local language... »



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