Index: jetspeed-portal-resources/src/main/resources/webapp/javascript/jetspeed/common.js
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--- jetspeed-portal-resources/src/main/resources/webapp/javascript/jetspeed/common.js	(revision 600786)
+++ jetspeed-portal-resources/src/main/resources/webapp/javascript/jetspeed/common.js	(working copy)
@@ -520,6 +520,9 @@
 if(!this.mimetype){
 this.mimetype="text/html";
 }
+if(!this.encoding){
+this.encoding="utf-8";
+}
 };
 dojo.lang.extend(jetspeed.url.BindArgs,{createIORequest:function(){
 var _53=new dojo.io.Request(this.url,this.mimetype);
@@ -669,4 +672,4 @@
 }
 };
 }
-
+
Index: jetspeed-portal-resources/src/main/resources/webapp/javascript/jetspeed/common.src.js
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--- jetspeed-portal-resources/src/main/resources/webapp/javascript/jetspeed/common.src.js	(revision 600786)
+++ jetspeed-portal-resources/src/main/resources/webapp/javascript/jetspeed/common.src.js	(working copy)
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@
     
         if ( ! this.mimetype )
             this.mimetype = "text/html";
+        if( ! this.encoding )
+            this.encoding="utf-8";
     };
     
     dojo.lang.extend( jetspeed.url.BindArgs,