Bug #1301: fixed a bad assert in _tkinter.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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 Extension Modules
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+- Bug #1301: Bad assert in _tkinter fixed.
+
 - Added bdist_wininst executable for VS 2008.
 
 - Bug #1604: collections.deque.__init__(iterable) now clears any prior contents