Index: wp-includes/rss.php
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--- wp-includes/rss.php	(revision 5522)
+++ wp-includes/rss.php	(working copy)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 		if ( !function_exists('xml_parser_create') )
 			trigger_error( "Failed to load PHP's XML Extension. http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.xml.php" );
 
-		$parser = @xml_parser_create();
+		$parser = @xml_parser_create("UTF-8");
 
 		if ( !is_resource($parser) )
 			trigger_error( "Failed to create an instance of PHP's XML parser. http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.xml.php");
@@ -852,4 +852,4 @@
 		return false;
 	}
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>