diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@
 2012-10-04  Vincent Torri
 
 	* Update lz4 code to rev. 77. This fix compilation on NetBSD 5.0
+
+2012-10-17  Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
+
+        * Add eina_barrier API to cover pthread_barrier functionality
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Changes since 1.7.0:
 
 Additions:
     * Add DOCTYPE children parsing in eina_simple_xml
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+    * Add eina_barrier thread API
+    
 Improvements:
     * Single EFL tree now covring all EFL library components.
     * Speedup Eina Rbtree Iterator by recycling memory instead of