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Why do some domains have .co.* and some are just .*?

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Lupus | 15:00 Tue 05th Feb 2008 | Internet
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Why is it that some domains like .co.uk have .co before the country and some, like .kz, do not?
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Read up on it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.co.uk
15:04 Tue 05th Feb 2008
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15:16 Tue 05th Feb 2008
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The .uk has been sub-sectioned to try and classify what kind of site it is.

For example:
.co.uk = companies
.gov.uk = Government sites
.org.uk = organisations
15:20 Tue 05th Feb 2008

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