Problem reading data from xml file

i’m developping a flash site for an italian society,
and I’m finding problem with “flash iteration with italian language” =) . [i’m joking …]

example of the xml file:
<node id=“0001”>qualit[size=4][size=2]à artigianale</node>[/size][/size]
[size=4][size=2][/size][/size]
[size=4][size=2]reading it by:[/size][/size]
[size=4][size=2]myxmlobject.childNodes*.tostring()[/size][/size]
[size=4][size=2]it return “qualit?rtigianale”[/size][/size]
[size=4][size=2][/size][/size]
[size=4][size=2]can someone help me plz?[/size][/size]
[size=4][size=2][/size][/size]
[size=4][size=2]tnx to all.[/size]
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