*** live/wp-includes/feed.php	2009-05-25 11:13:48.000000000 +0200
--- dev/wp-includes/feed.php	2009-09-01 17:37:30.000000000 +0200
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*** 552,557 ****
--- 552,558 ----
  	$feed->set_file_class('WP_SimplePie_File');
  	$feed->set_cache_duration(apply_filters('wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime', 43200));
  	$feed->init();
+     $feed->set_output_encoding(get_option('blog_charset'));
  	$feed->handle_content_type();
  
  	if ( $feed->error() )