Remove functions in string module that are also string methods.  Also remove:
 * all calls to functions in the string module (except maketrans)
 * everything from stropmodule except for maketrans() which is still used
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d71cd9f..4e684d4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@
 Library
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+- Remove functions in string module that are also string methods.
+
+- Remove obsolete modules: xmllib, stringold.
+
+- Remove support for long obsolete platforms: plat-aix3, plat-irix5.
+
+- Remove xmlrpclib.SlowParser.  It was based on xmllib.
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 - Patch #1680961: atexit has been reimplemented in C.
 
 - Removed all traces of the sets module.