<s>
.al	B-Language
is	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
country	I-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	O
domain	O
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Albania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AKEP	O
recommends	O
that	O
.al	B-Language
domain	O
registrations	O
be	O
performed	O
with	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
AKEP	O
accredited	O
registrars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
international	O
registrars	O
that	O
resell	O
.al	B-Language
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Albanian	O
language	O
has	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
special	O
characters	O
,	O
the	O
registry	O
has	O
not	O
enabled	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
IDN	B-Language
characters	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
registrars	O
started	O
to	O
resell	O
.al	B-Language
domain	O
names	O
widely	O
making	O
them	O
popular	O
outside	O
Albania	O
as	O
domain	B-Application
hacks	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2014	O
the	O
registry	O
released	O
two	O
character	O
domain	O
names	O
allowing	O
for	O
free	O
landrush	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrations	O
used	O
to	O
be	O
only	O
beneath	O
the	O
second-levels	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
.com.al	O
,	O
.net.al	O
,	O
.org.al	O
,	O
and	O
.edu.al	O
labeled	O
appropriately	O
for	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
organisation	O
,	O
but	O
many	O
now	O
exist	O
directly	O
below	O
.al	B-Language
.	O
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