Index: lams_admin/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/admin/web/LoginMaintainAction.java
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diff -u -r8656feabd7a69318f154a763847ae0aa97f7f3af -raceee948f4fe76e803e53367b650c4a6e2192449
--- lams_admin/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/admin/web/LoginMaintainAction.java	(.../LoginMaintainAction.java)	(revision 8656feabd7a69318f154a763847ae0aa97f7f3af)
+++ lams_admin/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/admin/web/LoginMaintainAction.java	(.../LoginMaintainAction.java)	(revision aceee948f4fe76e803e53367b650c4a6e2192449)
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
@@ -76,7 +78,8 @@
 	private String loadNews() throws IOException {
 		BufferedReader bReader = null;
 		try {
-			bReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(NEWS_PAGE_PATH));
+			InputStreamReader ir = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(NEWS_PAGE_PATH),Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
+			bReader = new BufferedReader(ir);
 			StringBuilder news = new StringBuilder();
 			String line = bReader.readLine();
 			while (line != null) {
Index: lams_admin/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/admin/web/LoginSaveAction.java
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diff -u -rde7c85af8ba45fa31c73b95c18dbf99738968f1a -raceee948f4fe76e803e53367b650c4a6e2192449
--- lams_admin/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/admin/web/LoginSaveAction.java	(.../LoginSaveAction.java)	(revision de7c85af8ba45fa31c73b95c18dbf99738968f1a)
+++ lams_admin/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/admin/web/LoginSaveAction.java	(.../LoginSaveAction.java)	(revision aceee948f4fe76e803e53367b650c4a6e2192449)
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Random;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -113,10 +115,6 @@
 				updateLoginPage(buildURL(fileName));
 			}
 			updateNewsPage(loginMaintainForm.getString("news"));
-			BufferedWriter bWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(NEWS_PAGE_PATH));
-			bWriter.write(loginMaintainForm.getString("news"));
-			bWriter.flush();
-			bWriter.close();
 		} else {
 			saveErrors(request, errors);
 			return mapping.findForward("loginmaintain");
@@ -148,7 +146,8 @@
 	private void updateNewsPage(String news) throws IOException {
 		BufferedWriter bWriter = null;
 		try {
-			bWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(NEWS_PAGE_PATH));
+			OutputStreamWriter ow = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(NEWS_PAGE_PATH),Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
+			bWriter = new BufferedWriter(ow);
 			bWriter.write(news);
 			bWriter.flush();
 		} finally {