diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Replaced most Unicode charmap codecs with new ones using the
+  new Unicode translate string feature in the builtin charmap
+  codec; the codecs were created from the mapping tables available
+  at ftp.unicode.org and contain a few updates (e.g. the Mac OS
+  encodings now include a mapping for the Apple logo)
+
+- Added a few more codecs for Mac OS encodings 
+
 - Speed up some Unicode operations.
 
 - A new AST parser implementation was completed.