Issue #4969: The mimetypes module now reads the MIME database from
the registry under Windows.  Patch by Gabriel Genellina.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3feccda..051bff8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -429,6 +429,9 @@
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+- Issue #4969: The mimetypes module now reads the MIME database from
+  the registry under Windows.  Patch by Gabriel Genellina.
+
 - Issue #6816: runpy now provides a run_path function that allows Python code
   to execute file paths that refer to source or compiled Python files as well
   as zipfiles, directories and other valid sys.path entries that contain a