Index: lams_admin/conf/xdoclet/filters.xml
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diff -u -r89048e2eefb49bc832fbc5464c652150007c2808 -r67646b18457731d989696559e4d87e1127702cb9
--- lams_admin/conf/xdoclet/filters.xml	(.../filters.xml)	(revision 89048e2eefb49bc832fbc5464c652150007c2808)
+++ lams_admin/conf/xdoclet/filters.xml	(.../filters.xml)	(revision 67646b18457731d989696559e4d87e1127702cb9)
@@ -22,3 +22,14 @@
 		<param-value>true</param-value>
 	</init-param>
 </filter>
+
+<filter>
+	   <filter-name>LocaleFilter</filter-name>
+		 <filter-class>
+		   org.lamsfoundation.lams.web.filter.LocaleFilter
+		 </filter-class>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>encoding</param-name>
+			<param-value>UTF-8</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+</filter>
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Index: lams_admin/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
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diff -u -ra7766445094c16b343aa56dc1f73fd3051cef1db -r67646b18457731d989696559e4d87e1127702cb9
--- lams_admin/web/WEB-INF/web.xml	(.../web.xml)	(revision a7766445094c16b343aa56dc1f73fd3051cef1db)
+++ lams_admin/web/WEB-INF/web.xml	(.../web.xml)	(revision 67646b18457731d989696559e4d87e1127702cb9)
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@
 	</init-param>
 </filter>
 
+<filter>
+	   <filter-name>LocaleFilter</filter-name>
+		 <filter-class>
+		   org.lamsfoundation.lams.web.filter.LocaleFilter
+		 </filter-class>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>encoding</param-name>
+			<param-value>UTF-8</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+</filter>
+
   <filter-mapping>
     <filter-name>SystemSessionFilter</filter-name>
      <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>