Issue #12451: xml.dom.pulldom: parse() now opens files in binary mode instead
of the text mode (using the locale encoding) to avoid encoding issues.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 250acc2..1d76698 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
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+- Issue #12451: xml.dom.pulldom: parse() now opens files in binary mode instead
+  of the text mode (using the locale encoding) to avoid encoding issues.
+
 C-API
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