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You see, the issues mentioned in the document are applicable to one IDN (one unique A-Label), and since variants represent the same domain name but with different A-Labels, we can consider that the same issues mentioned in the document apply to each unique A-Label regardless.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I hope I made my point?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:233.75pt'><td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.75pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:233.75pt'><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;margin-left:-4.7pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:13.7pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.7pt;line-height:150%;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.7pt;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=45 height=60 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CC7A21.89389D00" alt="cid:image001.png@01CB3491.EE8CD3A0"></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.7pt'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>National Information Technology Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.7pt'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-13.7pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fahd A. 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Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution of or taking any action in reliance on the contents of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green'>P</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:green'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Please consider the environment - Do you really need to print this e-mail?</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> arabic-vip-bounces@icann.org [mailto:arabic-vip-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>iftakhar shah<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2011 3:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mohammed El-Bashir; Dr. Sarmad Hussain (sarmad@cantab.net)<br><b>Cc:</b> arabic-vip@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [arabic-vip] IDN-IDN Variants User Interface/Application issues<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Dear Mohammed El-Bashir<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Thanks for this, I read the subject document. My question is that Can we ask them general issues of IDN?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Iftikhar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Mohammed El-Bashir <mbashir@ict.gov.qa><br><b>To:</b> "Dr. Sarmad Hussain (sarmad@cantab.net)" <sarmad@cantab.net><br><b>Cc:</b> "arabic-vip@icann.org" <arabic-vip@icann.org><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2011 11:19 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> [arabic-vip] IDN-IDN Variants User Interface/Application issues<br><br></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=yiv2116737938><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Dear Sarmad, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Attached the IDN-IDN Variants user interface/Application issues document which <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Was a task on myself and Fahad.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Mohamed<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#F99D1C'>Mohammed</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#F79646'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#F99D1C'>El-Bashir</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Section Manager-Numbering,interconnection & Internet Domain</span></b><span 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