diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@
 Library
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+- Patch #1166948: locale.py: Prefer LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG over LANGUAGE
+  to get the correct encoding.
+
+- Patch #1166938: locale.py: Parse LANGUAGE as a colon separated list of
+  languages.
+
 - Patch #1268314: Cache lines in StreamReader.readlines for performance.
 
 - Bug #1290505: Fix clearing the regex cache for time.strptime().