diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 02a1d1a..e853c1f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Algorithmic changes
 -------------------
 
-* Save big amounts of memory in computation of some constants by:
+* Save big amounts of memory in computation of some functions and constants by:
     - Avoiding pre-computation of series terms and instead computing them in a
       streamed way.
     - Avoiding computation with excess precision in binary splitting algorithm
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Implementation changes
     - intE is now a 64-bit type on all 64-bit platforms and even on selected
       32-bit platforms.
 
-* CLN now uses C++ exceptions for error handling.
+* CLN now uses C++ exceptions for error handling. The cl_abort() hook is not
+  supported any more. Please refer to the documentation to learn about existing
+  exception types.
 
 * Fixed a bug on i386 where comparing Z/2Z ring zeros returnd random results.
 
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ Other changes
 
 * Changed encoding of all files to UTF-8.
 
+* Fix compilation issues with GCC-4.3.
+
 
 2006-08-08, version 1.1.13
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