First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation

ICANN is pleased to announce the successful completion of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track String Evaluation for four (4) proposed IDN ccTLDs. The requests are associated with: Egypt, the Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan10-en.htm

Who is scared of Russian?

The upcoming launch of the Russian Cyrillic top-level domain finds itself under attack from the US- a reminiscence of the Cold-War Era. The by-correspondence polemic promises to be a heated one.... if NYT ever dare to take the challenge.

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/l/clifford_j_levy/index.html