Merged code from pysqlite 2.6.0.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 107c991..24aab35 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- The sqlite3 module was updated to pysqlite 2.6.0. This fixes several obscure
+  bugs and allows loading SQLite extensions from shared libraries.
+
 - Issue #7808: Fix reference leaks in _bsddb and related tests.
 
 - Issue #6544: fix a reference leak in the kqueue implementation's error