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 <title>Afilias Launches German Script IDNs for .INFO Domains</title>
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 <description>&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;INFO is first domain name to provide registration of German script umlaut &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.afilliasdomains.info/news/2003/09/18/afilias-launches-german-script-idns-info-domains&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>Public Interest Registry Assumes Control of .ORG Domain Name Registry</title>
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 <description>&lt;p class=&quot;pr_subt&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Largest Domain Redelegation in the History of the Internet Commences&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reston, VA - January 2, 2003 -&lt;/strong&gt; The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pir.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3366cc&quot;&gt;Public Interest Registry (PIR)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; today announced that it has assumed the role of registry operator for the .ORG top-level domain in a smooth handoff from former operator VeriSign Global Registry Services. This historic transition, which commenced yesterday when PIR officially assumed control of registry operations, marks the beginning of the largest transfer of data from one registry to another in the history of the Internet.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.afilliasdomains.info/news/2003/01/02/public-interest-registry-assumes-control-org-domain-name-registry&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2003 21:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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