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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 10px;">ICANN Weekly Newsletter</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;">News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</p>
<span style="float: left;"><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/">http://www.icann.org/</a></strong></span><span style="float: right; font-size: small;"><strong>Week ending 21 November 2014</strong></span>
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<h4>Announcements This Week</h4>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-11-20-en">IANA Stewardship Transition Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions</a></strong><br>
Chairs' Statement on Frankfurt Face-to-Face Meeting. The Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions met for a face-to-face in Frankfurt, Germany on 19 – 20 November 2014. The highly diverse CWG is one of the three groups submitting a proposal
to the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) as part of the overall IANA Stewardship Transition process.<br>
20 November 2014</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-20-en">IDN ccTLD Request from Armenia Successfully Passes String Evaluation</a></strong><br>
ICANN is pleased to announce the successful completion of String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLD string for Armenia.<br>
20 November 2014</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-19-en">Results Available for 19 November 2014 Auction</a></strong><br>
On 19 November 2014, an Auction conducted by ICANN's authorized Auction service provider, Power Auctions LLC, was held to resolve a string contention set for one new generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) string, DOT.<br>
19 November 2014</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-17-en">Policy Implementation Update</a></strong><br>
ICANN announces the implementation of amended rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).<br>
17 November 2014</p>
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<h4>Upcoming Events</h4>
<p><strong><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/"><img src="http://singapore52.icann.org/sites/default/files/singapore52_logo_300x186.png" alt="Singapore Logo" width="300" height="214" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;">8-12 February 2014: 52nd
International Public ICANN Meeting – Singapore</a></strong></p>
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<h4>About ICANN</h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm">ICANN Bylaws</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;">Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at
<strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.ICANN.org</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/planning/">Strategic Plan, 2012 - 2015</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm">Adopted FY15 Operating Plan and Budget</a></strong></p>
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