title: accented letters in Python
body: <p>Is there any way to define a string with accented letters in python?
  An extreme example is this one:</p>
  
  <pre><code>message = "ÂÃÄÀÁÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿ"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SyntaxError: Non-UTF-8 code starting with '\xc2'
  </code></pre>