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 <h3>Read Me for ICU4J 4.6RC1</h3>
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 <p><b>Release Date</b><br>
-November 11, 2010<br>
+December 1, 2010<br>
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 <p><b>Note:</b>This is a release candidate of ICU4J 4.6.