title: Looking for simple practical C++ examples of how to use ICU
body: <p>I am looking for simple practical C++ examples on how to use ICU.
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  The ICU home page is not helpful in this regard. 
  <br>
  I am not interested on what and why Unicode.
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  The few demos are not self contained and not compilable examples ( where are the includes? )
  <br>
  I am looking for something like 'Hello, World' of:
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  How to open and read a file encoded in UTF-8
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  How to use STL / Boost string functions to manipulate UTF-8 encoded strings
  etc.</p>