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Article: Arabic, Hindi, other scripts get web address nod.
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- Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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SEOUL: The nonprofit body that oversees internet addresses approved Friday the use of Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the web dramatically more inclusive.
The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers -- or ICANN -- voted to allow such scripts in so-called domain names at the conclusion of a weeklong meeting in Seoul, South Korea's capital.
The decision by the board's 15 voting members was unopposed and welcomed by applause and a standing ovation. It followed years of debate and testing.
The result clears the way for governments or their designees ...