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   <head>
-    <title>ReadMe for ICU 52 (DRAFT)</title>
+    <title>ReadMe for ICU 53.0.1 development</title>
     <meta name="COPYRIGHT" content=
     "Copyright (c) 1997-2013 IBM Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved." />
     <meta name="KEYWORDS" content=
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     <h1>International Components for Unicode<br />
-     <abbr title="International Components for Unicode">ICU</abbr> 52 (DRAFT) ReadMe</h1>
-
-    <!--<p><b>Note:</b> This is a development milestone release of ICU4C 52.
-    This milestone is intended for those wishing to get an early look at ICU 52 new features and API changes.
-    It is not recommended for production use.</p>-->
-    <p><b>Note:</b> This is a release candidate version of ICU4C 52.
+     <abbr title="International Components for Unicode">ICU</abbr> 53.0.1 development ReadMe</
+>
+    <p><b>Note:</b> This is a development milestone release of ICU4C 53
+    This milestone is intended for those wishing to get an early look at ICU 53 new features and API changes.
     It is not recommended for production use.</p>
+    <!--<p><b>Note:</b> This is a release candidate version of ICU4C 53.
+    It is not recommended for production use.</p>-->
 
-    <p>Last updated: 2013-Sep-23<br />
+    <p>Last updated: 2013-Sep-30<br />
      Copyright &copy; 1997-2013 International Business Machines Corporation and
     others. All Rights Reserved.</p>
     <!-- Remember that there is a copyright at the end too -->
