Problem – loading HTMLtext from a text file

Problem – loading HTMLtext from a text file
Hi, I have a dynamic text set up to render text as HTML and I
am loading the text into the text object by using the code below.
var loadText:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
loadText.load("Nyheter.txt");
loadText.onLoad = function(success){
if(success){
Nyheter_txt.htmlText = this.VariabelTekst;
The textfile looks like:
VariabelTekst=(13.11.2006)This is the tittleHere
comes the text
It works almost fine but the first problem is that the
paragraph text in the textfile should be written in Norwegian. This
involves some Nordic characters. By default these characters are
just shown as small square in the text control when running the
flash file. If I try to enter these characters in the textbox
“Include these characters” within the dialog for
embedding, the text within the bold tag of the text file is not
shown when the text is rendered. It looks as if it effect the HTML
rendering of the text. The Nordic characters are still not showing
but instead the small square placeholders for the characters are
gone.
Am I doing it wrong, or is there a work around for solving
this problem?
Any ideas?
TIRislaa

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db12     10.2.0.1     1
db13     9.2.0.7     1
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Down
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         2 db11                 10.2.0.1                           1
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         4 db13                 9.2.0.7                            1
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Total logical records read:             6
Total logical records rejected:         0
Total logical records discarded:        0
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