Change All User Settings in Specific OU(s) In Active Directory 2008

I want to Change the Password of All the Users in Some OUs in active Directory 2008.
And Also i want to Change the Attributes of all users in specific OU(s).
What is Procedure?
Note:- My OUs names are in Arabic Language, I feel some errors whenever i user commands in Power Shell.
Thanks

Hello Genius
In addition to other expert advice about bulk modify I have to add that although my first language is not English, I personally prefer to name my OU's in English language. I experienced some problems with non-English OU's especially when it comes to reporting
with Powershell.
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@Mahdi,
PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) 3.0
supports Unicode Language (Arabic, Farsi/Persian, etc.), you do not have problem with non-english. Here is example:
New-ADUser –sAMAccountName „شنگولی“ –UserPrincipalName شنگولی@contoso.com –givenname “شنگولی” –Surname “شنگول” –displayName “شنگولی شنگول” –Name “شنگولی شنگول” –Enabled $true –Path “OU=MSFT,DC=Contoso,DC=com” –AccountPassword (ConvertTo-Securestring “Password01” –asplaintext –Force)
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